Ancestral Headdress
Object type: Headdress
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Jukun peoples
Date: 19th–early 20th century or before
Medium: Wood, organic accretion
Dimensions: H. 45 × W. 12 × D. 12 in. (114.3 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Geography:     Nigeria Middle Benue region 
Credit line: Purchase, Pfeiffer, Leona Sobel Education, 2005 Benefit, and Dodge Funds; Gift of Dr. Mortimer D. Sackler, Theresa Sackler and Family; Andrea Bollt Bequest, in memory of Robert Bollt Sr. and Robert Bollt Jr.; Elaine Rosenberg, Laura and James J. Ross, and The Katcher Family Foundation Inc. Gifts, 2015
Accession year: 2015
Tags: Heads|Ceremonial Objects