Elephant Headdress (Mbap Mteng)

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Date

20th century

Medium

Cloth and glass beads

Dimensions

H.: 137 cm (53 15/16 in.); mounted: 142.3 × 55.9 × 26.7 cm (56 × 22 × 10 1/2 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Kevin E. Lyle

Also notable

Works in the same vein

Portrait Figure of Metang, the 10th King of Batufam

Carved by Mbeudjang (Eastern Bangwa, active early 20th century) Bamileke Kingdom of Batufam, Cameroon Coastal West Africa

Headdress

Bamileke Cameroon Coastal West Africa