File:Brooklyn Museum 2011.3.1 Bwami Hat for Kindi Level.jpg
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English: Bwami Hat for Kindi Level
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Artist |
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Title |
English: Bwami Hat for Kindi Level |
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Description |
English: Hat composed of two layers of plant stems that are woven together in a basketry form. Exterior is covered with buttons (glass and plastic?) and the edge is trimmed with alternating orange and yellow colored glass beads. The hat is primarily covered in white buttons with a band of red in the center, with 2 sections of 3 pink buttons. The strap is decorated with pink and white buttons. The buttons are sewn on to the hat with coarse brown Z twist thread made from plant material. Sewn on to the crown of the hat is a bundle of elephant tail hair, decorated with red glass beads and two black, metal (?) beads. A piece of fiber is twined and knotted within the bundle. The lower portion of the bundle, where it is sewn on to the crown is wrapped in blue, red, and a single yellow glass bead. The surface of the hat is lightly soiled. Condition: good.
English: This hat would only have been worn by initiates to Kindi, the highest level of Bwami. Tail hair of an elephant, a metaphor for Kindi, crowns the hat. European-made buttons began to replace cowrie shells as prestige items on such Bwami paraphernalia as the Western presence grew in eastern Congo in the early twentieth century. |
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Date |
English: early 20th century |
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Dimensions | 15 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (39.4 x 16.5 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q632682 |
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Current location |
Arts of Africa collection South Gallery, 1st Floor |
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Credit line | Designated Purchase Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2011.3.1_PS6.jpg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
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