Unidentified

Beaded Crown of Orangun (ade)

n.d.

Category
Culture
Yoruba
Place Made
Nigeria
Materials
Multi-colored glass beads, cotton, wood
Measurements
30 x 9 x 9 in (76.2 x 22.86 x 22.86 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert P. Gordy Collection
Accession #
88.50
Description

Inverted goblet-shaped hat with applied gold, blue, green, orange, black, red and white beaded designs. Bell-shaped lower section is decorated with vertical pairs of faces with eyes and noses in relief. Strands of white, orange and black beads hang from lower edge. Sculptural beaded bird figures project from upper section and decorate spire-like top.