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Crown, 1900s (cloth, glass beads, basketry, cardboard, wood, feather quills)

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CVL500211
Image title
Crown, 1900s (cloth, glass beads, basketry, cardboard, wood, feather quills)
Artist
Yoruba Culture, (20th century) / African
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA
Medium
cloth, glass beads, basketry, cardboard, wood, feather quills
Dimensions
d:26.8 h:105.9 cone:35.1 fringe:55.3 cms
Image description

The most important of all regalia, topped with the "royal bird" Okin, this headdress connects the king to Oduduwa, the mythical founder of the Yoruba. The veil of beaded strings masks the identity of the wearer and protects his subjects from the supernatural powers that radiate from his face. The crown also signifies the "inner head" of the king, the locus of an awesome life force called ase.

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Photo © Cleveland Museum of Art / Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
20th century / mask / african / beads / hat / headdress / ancestor worship / beaded / royal bird / veil / okin / yoruba
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Largest available format 4000 × 9900 px 6 MB
Dimension [pixels] Dimension in 300dpi [mm] File size [MB]
Large 4000 × 9900 px 339 × 838 mm 5.7 MB
Medium 414 × 1024 px 35 × 87 mm 426 KB

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