Kwilu Pende chief wearing bicorn headdress, Gungu, Congo (Democratic Republic)
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- Creators:
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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1970
- Level:
- item
- Size:
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1 Slide (col.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
"The headdress shape conforms to Pende stylistic conventions: the bicorn headdress is said to allude to the strength and power of the buffalo in a reference to the associated powers of chieftancy. Among the Pende these headdresses are called ' Misango Mapende'." [Christine Mullen Kreamer, 1995: Spectacular Hats for Special Occasions. Crowning Achie...
