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	A684 PRESTIGE HAT NW CAMEROON, TIKAR PEOPLE 20th century crocheted cotton with added feathers; 9 ½” high
	A670 WOMAN’S WRAP (SKIRT) GHANA / COTE D’IVOIRE BAULE PEOPLE 20th century indigo resist dyed cotton plain weave; 60” X 40 ½”
	A657 WOMAN’S CEREMONIAL HAT (ISICHOLO) SOUTH AFRICA, NATAL PROVINCE ZULU PEOPLE early 20th century hair, plant fiber, fat, ochre; 21” diameter X ½” high
	A632  EGUNGUN MASQUERADE DANCE COSTUME NIGERIA, YORUBA PEOPLE  20th century This Egungun costume is characterized by an attached head covering and footed pants.  It is made of local indigo dyed hand woven striped cotton cloth (three different striped patterns) in 4” wide loom widths sewn together to create a tunic with attached sleeves which is underneath the long flaps which are made up of a variety of plain, brocade, velvet, embroidered and printed trade cloths (one piece is a Russian print of an Uzbek ikat).  This variety of fabrics are pieced together to form the long flaps which are attached to the tunic.  There is crocheted cotton netting covering the front of the head from which the wearer can peer out while wearing the costume.  When in use the dancer twirls about so that the flaps flare out about him as he twirls.73” high X 38” wide as displayed with ‘natural shoulders’ on the stand in the photograph
	A480  CURRENCY  “KISSI PENNIES” LIBERIA / SIERRA LEONE LOMA PEOPLE 20th century hammered iron; 82 pieces mounted as bundleCommonly called  “KISSI PENNIES”  because they are also used by the Kissi People in Liberia and Sierra Leone but they are made by the Loma people.  They are used for payments individually and in bundles.
	A479 LEG BAND CURRENCY (CENTRAL) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO EKONDA PEOPLE  Early 20th century Brass, 10½” X 5½” may have been given as a valued object by a young man as ‘bride price worn by a woman around her lower leg
	A229  CEREMONIAL OVERSKIRT DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO KUBA PEOPLE  c. 1900 raffia embroidery and open-work (button hole stitch) 20 1/2" X 60" mounted
	A212  CEREMONIAL PANEL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO KUBA PEOPLE  c. 1900 raffia; embroidered and cut-loop pile embroidery 23" X 48" mounted on a stretcher
	A157#3 SECTION OF A WOMAN'S DANCE SKIRTDEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGOKUBA PEOPLE early 20th centuryraffia, dyed red appliqué on undyed background32” X 25” mounted
	A478 SECTION FROM A CEREMONIAL DANCE SKIRT DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO KUBA PEOPLE 20th century resist dyed raffia; 22" x 29".
	A526 WOMAN'S TUBULAR SKIRT IVORY COAST DIDA PEOPLE Tie-dye plaited (woven on the bias) raffia fiber, woven as one continuous cylindrical piece; 31" X 20" mounted.

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