Object Details
- Label Text
- This noble's robe and hat were given to museum director Warren M. Robbins in December 1973 by Fon Nsom Niggue, the ruler of the Kom people. It was part of the official ceremonies surrounding the repatriation of the Afo-A-Kom beaded figure.
- Description
- Factory woven cotton with red circular appliques and yellow machine stitching.
- Provenance
- Warren M. Robbins, gift from Fon Nsom Niggue, Laikom, Cameroon, 1973
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Kom artist
- Date
- 1973
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Robbins Center for Cross Cultural Communication in memory of Warren M. Robbins
- Medium
- Cotton, dyes
- Dimensions
- H x W (laying flat): 112.4 × 142.9 cm (44 1/4 × 56 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Textile and Fiber Arts
