Crown, cylindrical, beaded; gold colored seed beads covering entire surface of crown; bead covered knob/finial at top; British crown motif on opposite sides of crown in red, white and blue seed beads; Height without knob: 10.6 cm; Diameter ca. 17.5 cm.
Donor:
Diane Wedner and Ron Ziskin
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Diane Wedner and Ron Ziskin
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
December 8, 1994
Context of use:
per collectors' note: royal beaded ceremonial crown 'orikgbofo'.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 17.5 centimeters and height 10.6 centimeters
Comment:
see xerographic color reproduction in acc. envelope