Prestige Hat (Ntamp)

Bamum Cameroon, Grasslands

Date

Early to mid 20th century

Medium

Wool and feathers (probably domestic fowl)

Dimensions

12.7 × 28 × 26.7 cm (5 × 11 × 10 1/2 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of the Michael R. Mack Collection

Also notable

Works in the same vein

Helmet Mask (Mambu)

Wum or Fungom region, Northwest Province, Cameroon Coastal West Africa

Ndop Display Cloth

Bamum Foumban, Cameroon Grassfields