The exhibition
African Headwear: Beyond Fashion presents a selection of headwear that was once — and in some instances still is — worn by kings and chiefs, religious practitioners, warriors, and men, women, and infants in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
Brochure from the exhibition,
African Headwear: Beyond Fashion, on view at the Dallas Museum of Art, August 14, 2011 — January 1, 2012.