<I>Commemorative Headdress of Her Journey Beyond Heaven</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2010
name: label: Created by
content: Kenya (Robinson), American, born 1977
notes: label: Description
content: A sculpture of a headdress titled, "Commemorative Headdress of Her Journey Beyond Heaven," created by Kenya (Robinson). The headdress is primarily composed of varying types of hair combs and blue nylon threads. The main body of the headdress is roughly ovoid shape, with black hair combs and black hair picks fanning up and back with the teeth pointing outwards. The black combs come to a point at the top, with two back-to-back black handled combs tied together. There are four tortoiseshell-colored handled combs, two on the top with teeth pointing down and two on the bottom with teeth pointing up, shaped to appear like an open mouth, near the front center of the headdress. Dozens of long, single pieces of royal blue nylon strings are strung through the tortoiseshell-colored combs, and melted at the top end to keep from slipping through holes in comb. The royal blue nylon strings serve as long fringe that hangs at the front, long past the rest of the headdress. There is a single banana clip fastener that functions to hold the two back halves of the headdress together. Some of the combs have [Goody] brand sticker labels still attached. Some of the combs on the body are held together with screws and screw fasteners, black coated wire, and black plastic zip ties.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Hair
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Exhibition
content: Cultural Expressions
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.201
objectType: label: Type
content: headdresses
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Kenya
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: plastic with nylon thread and metal and nylon coated wire
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 57 × 18 × 13 1/2 in. (144.8 × 45.7 × 34.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (Measured on Form): 37 × 30 × 16 1/2 in. (94 × 76.2 × 41.9 cm)