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Prestige Headdress (Ashetu or shüötu)

Unknown artist, 1900–1950

21 cm × 26 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 7 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 26 cm
Width: 21 cm
Medium: cotton, dye (including indigo)
Kind: Textile
Made in: Bamum style, unknown maker, Grassfields region, Cameroon
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Overall: 25.4 x 25.6 cm (10 x 10 1/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 26 cm × 25 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Alma Kroeger Fund

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 21 cm × 26 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1900–1950. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Alma Kroeger Fund.
How was it made?: Cotton, dye (including indigo), made in Bamum style, unknown maker, Grassfields region, Cameroon, Bamum style, unknown maker, Grassfields region, Cameroon.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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