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Hats and small headdresses reveal a member's rank within the Bwami society. The conical shaped hat decorated with shells and a beaded elephant tail projecting from its top is called mukuba. It signifies membership at the highest level of the kindi grade. Kindi members identify with elephants, which although nonviolent (a Bwami principle of perfection), can be destructive if disturbed.
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Roslyn A. Walker, The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), 78.
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Exhibition - African Headwear: Beyond Fashion - added to exhibition objects in TMS as was not previously entered
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1992: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from Joel Cooner Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
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The main source for this provenance is the copy of the invoice dated September 15, 1992, in the Collections Records object file (1992.510).
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General Description
Hats and small headdresses reveal a member's rank within the Bwami society. The conical shaped hat decorated with shells and a beaded elephant tail projecting from its top is called mukuba. It signifies membership at the highest level of the kindi grade. Kindi members identify with elephants, which although nonviolent (a Bwami principle of perfection), can be destructive if disturbed.
Excerpt from
Roslyn A. Walker, The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), 78.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
Notes
Exhibition - African Headwear: Beyond Fashion - added to exhibition objects in TMS as was not previously entered
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
1992: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from Joel Cooner Fine Art, Dallas, Texas
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is the copy of the invoice dated September 15, 1992, in the Collections Records object file (1992.510).
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