Prestige Cap

Provenance

Njoya Ibrahim, Douala, Cameroon, by 1999; sold to Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, Ill., 1999; sold to Donald Young and Shirley Weese Young, Chicago, Ill., 1999; given to the Art Institute, 2015.

Prestige Cap

Bamileke

20th century

Accession Number

229888

Medium

Cotton, wool, and pigment

Dimensions

31.8 × 31.8 × 31.8 cm (12 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.)

Classification

hat

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Donald Young and Shirley Weese Young