Prestige Headdress (Ashetu or shüötu)
Unknown Artist
1900–1950
Medium
cotton, dye (including indigo)
Dimensions
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Classification
Textile
Department
African Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Alma Kroeger Fund
Accession Number
2024.70
About this artwork
The bristle-like surface of this man’s prestige headdress is dyed with indigo or a red pigment. Below, a diamond pattern evokes another royal symbol, the leopard. The projections are reinforced with small pieces of wood. Such extensions are seen on prestige headgear represented in wood in sculptures and in colored pencil on drawings in the collection.