Bamileke Headdress, Cameroon

A white sunburst of feathers, soft as a dandelion gone to seed.

This headdress is Bamileke, from Cameroon, Central Africa, and is contemporary. It is chicken feather. Bamileke feather headdresses of this kind are generally associated with the Cameroon Grassfields, where they appear in dance and festive dress. Pure white feathers fan out from a small, cream colored center, layered in rings. The tips are pointed and a little ragged, with soft gray at some of the edges. The whole disc is round and airy. It is 7 inches high and 30 in diameter.

Quiet, white and very full of itself.