Vertical antelope headdress with straight horns and curved ears; painted with white, red, and black linear geometric patterns

Antelope Headdress

Kurumba people

Mid-20th century

  • Titles Antelope Headdress (Descriptive)
  • Artist Kurumba people, Burkina Faso
  • Medium wood and paint
  • Dimensions without base: 24 3/4 × 4 1/4 × 10 3/4 in. (62.9 × 10.8 × 27.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Michael Moody, AFI.143.2015
  • Work Type headdress
  • Classification Costume

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