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Akan artist
Place made: Ghana

Prestige headband (abotire)

Wood, gold leaf, and velvet
h. 8.3 cm, diam. 25.6 cm (3 1/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Bequest of John B. Elliott, Class of 1951
1998-573
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