Crown

Museum number:
5-15642
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015642
Accession number:
Acc.4612
Description:
Crown/topknot, feathered; variegated feathers attached to fiber netting attached to ring of stiff reed; diameter (ring) circa 9.0 centimeter X height (feathers) circa 15.0 centimeters.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Dilolo Gare, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa; Zaire; Shaba Province; near Dilolo Gare; Luena
Culture or time period:
Luena
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Crown, accession number 5-15642, described as Crown/topknot, feathered; variegated feathers attached to fiber netting attached to ring of stiff reed; diameter (ring) circa 9.0 centimeter X height (feathers) circa 15.0 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Crown, accession number 5-15642, described as Crown/topknot, feathered; variegated feathers attached to fiber netting attached to ring of stiff reed; diameter (ring) circa 9.0 centimeter X height (feathers) circa 15.0 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Crown, accession number 5-15642, described as Crown/topknot, feathered; variegated feathers attached to fiber netting attached to ring of stiff reed; diameter (ring) circa 9.0 centimeter X height (feathers) circa 15.0 centimeters.

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