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Chief's coronet ("Orikogbofo")

20th century
20th C.
Africa, Nigeria
9-1/16 x 7-1/2 x 7-1/2 in. (23.0 x 19.0 x 19.0 cm)

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Artist unknown

Culture/People: Yoruba peoples

Object Type: Costume

Medium: Cloth and beads

Credit Line: Gift of Janine and Michael Heymann

Accession Number: 1984.407

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individualism
The ethical doctrine or principle that the interests of the individual are or ought to be paramount in determination of conduct. W

Yoruba

royalty
Class within the nobility consisting of those who are descended from or related to a monarch or line of monarchs. [February 1993 alternate term deleted, was 'royal'. January 1993 related term added. December 1990 descriptor added.]

chieftains

traditional medicine
Used in the West for sets of health beliefs and practices that developed within the culture of a particular ethnic or geographic group of people, distinct from modern Western medicine; commonly includes herbal and homeopathic remedies, religious or spiritual ritual, and an holistic approach to patients. [February 1996 descriptor added.]

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