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Severance Fund, 1994.88", "current_location": null, "title": "Cap", "creation_date": "early 1900s", "creation_date_earliest": 1900, "creation_date_latest": 1925, "artists_tags": [], "culture": [ "Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba-style maker" ], "technique": "Plant fibers, cloth, glass beads, cowrie shells, and copper alloy", "support_materials": [], "department": "African Art", "collection": "African Art", "type": "Garment", "measurements": "Diameter: 17.8 cm (7 in.); Overall: 13 cm (5 1/8 in.)", "dimensions": { "diameter": { "width": 0.178, "width_inch": 7, "width_inch_fraction": 0.0 }, "overall": { "height": 0.13, "height_inch": 5, "height_inch_fraction": 0.125 } }, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": { "current": [ { "id": 223257, "title": "Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna and Robert Jackson Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art", "description": "Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna and Robert Jackson Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 24, 2004-March 15, 2005).", "opening_date": "2004-04-24T00:00:00" } ], "legacy": [ { "description": "Western Reserve Historical Society (4/24/2004 - 11/27/2004): 'Standing on Ceremony: Traditional African Arms from the Donna and Robert Jackson Collection and the Cleveland Museum of Art\"", "opening_date": "2004-04-24T00:00:00" } ] }, "provenance": [ { "description": "(Jacques Hautelet, La Jolla, CA)", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": null, "sortorder": null } ], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "The beads and shells on this cap were imported from outside of central Africa.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "Costumes worn by the Kuba king, members of his family, and the nobility are spectacular. Raffia cloth, leopard skin, feathers, beads, and cowrie shells are combined in magnificent ensembles used for specific ceremonial roles. Beaded caps of this sort are worn only by members of the royal family. 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