Ornamental Knife

Konda people, Democratic Republic of the Congo, African

About 1900

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Crescent blade with long handle
Bracelet, Côte d'Ivoire, African, ivory and red palm oil
Headdress of burlap and animal hide, front beaded with red, blue, white, and green glass beads in lozenge and triangle patterns. Five cowrie shells and four wooden peg beads attached on top of surface of glass beads. Wooden pegs, joined in pairs, cover small lozenges of green glass beads. White, brown, black, and blue feathers cover top, sides and back of headdress in spherical shape (slightly flattened in back). Five short wooden dowels attached to back, arranged two, one, two.
Head-wrap of blue fabric with metallic thread