Double-Headed Headdress (N’gonzon Koun)

Double-Headed Headdress (N'gonzon Koun)

Attribution: Museum-publishedProvenance: Museum accession

Attribution follows a published museum catalogue or peer-reviewed scholarship. Object is held in a public collection under a published accession number.

Double-Headed Headdress (N'gonzon Koun), Igbo — front view
Front · Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 — Cleveland Museum of Art

Catalogued by Cleveland Museum of Art as “Double-Headed Headdress (N’gonzon Koun)”, dated 1900s. Harvested from the museum’s open-access record; every field below is copied from that record and none of it has been inferred.

Record

People / cultureBamana
CountryMali
Common nameDouble-Headed Headdress (N'gonzon Koun)
Form categoryHeaddress or crest worn atop the head
MaterialsWood and iron
DimensionsOverall: 33.7 x 48.3 x 13.8 cm (13 1/4 x 19 x 5 7/16 in.)

Provenance

CollectionCleveland Museum of Art
Accession number1962.353

Source

Cleveland Museum of Art, Double-Headed Headdress (N'gonzon Koun), accession 1962.353. https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.353

https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.353

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