Skin-covered Headdress with Raffia Beard
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Object Label
Joseph Badger, a self-taught house painter turned artist, was a popular portraitist of middle-class Bostonians during the 1750s. Badger worked in a modest style, characterized by a simple palette of blues and browns and a sparing use of paint. This portrait of Hannah Haskins was most likely commissioned as a pendant pair with that of her husband, John Haskins, at the left. Mrs. Haskins followed the Congregationalist faith while her husband was a devout Episcopalian, and on Sundays they led separate contingents of their children to their respective churches. Though the staid appearance of the portraits may be a result of Badger’s limited training, the style suits the pious couple.
Caption
Ejagham. Skin-covered Headdress with Raffia Beard, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, antelope skin, fiber, pigment, metal, 13 1/2 x 8 in. (34.3 x 20.3 cm) base diam: 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Friede, 74.66.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 74.66.2_bw.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Culture
Title
Skin-covered Headdress with Raffia Beard
Date
late 19th or early 20th century
Geography
Possible place made: Southwest Province, Cameroon, Possible place made: Cross River State, Nigeria
Medium
Wood, antelope skin, fiber, pigment, metal
Classification
Dimensions
13 1/2 x 8 in. (34.3 x 20.3 cm) base diam: 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Friede
Accession Number
74.66.2
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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