African Art Club

August 14, 2011–January 1, 2012
Focus Gallery I

African Headwear: Beyond Fashion, an exhibition of approximately fifty objects from the Dallas Museum’s collection of African art, internationally acclaimed as one of the top five of its kind in the United States, explores the way in which headwear signifies status in traditional African societies. Often made of unusual materials, such as the skin from a pangolin (spiny anteater), wood and copper, various types of nutshells, lion mane, and human hair, African headwear can also include glass beads, plastic buttons, and ostrich feathers used in unfamiliar ways.

inside some more details and a flip book with images of the African headwear

1. Child’s hood-kadudu- Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lugbara, Mangbetu and Lendu peoples- first half of the 20th century
2. Crown-Cote d ivoire-Baule peoples- circa 1920
3. Diviner s headdress -nkaka- Democratic Republic of the Congo-Tabwa peoples-first half of the 20th century
4. Hat in the form of a wig-sawamazembe-Democratic Republic of the Congo-Lega peoples-20th century
5. Royal crown-ade-Nigeria, Nigeria, Yoruba peoples, late 19th to early 20th century, glass beads, cloth, basketry, and fiber, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of David T. Owsley via the Alvin and Lucy Owsley Foundation, 2008.39
6. Royal messenger s headdress-Cameroon- Northwest Province-Bamileke peoples- 20th century
7. Warrior s ceremonial headdress- Cameroon,-Zulgo Kirdi peoples-1900-1950
8. Wedding headdress-ekori-Namibia-Himba peoples-mid-20th century

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