19/20th Century Adone Headdress, Kurumba People, Burkina Faso

Item Details

Kurumba People, Burkina Faso
Adone Headdress, 19th/20th century
Wood
Unsigned

A 19/20th century Adone headdress in polychrome paint, from the Kurumba people of Burkina Faso. The entire headdress carved in wood is painted in a diamond pattern with white stippling and bands at the antlers. The antelope headdress was worn during funerary rituals and ancestral veneration ceremonies.

Condition

- patina and age cracks as appropriate

Dimensions

- measurements include the base

Item #

18DCC700-172