Bamileke Headdress, Cameroon

Every feather is scarlet, and the whole thing looks like a flower in full shout.

This headdress is Bamileke, from Cameroon, Central Africa, contemporary, in chicken feather. Feather headdresses from the Cameroon Grassfields are traditionally associated with dances and celebrations, and their round form is often admired on walls well beyond the region. This one radiates from a tight center in layered rings of bright red feathers. Dark quills show in small gaps, giving depth to the color. The tips fringe out loosely at the edge. It is 7 inches high and 40 in diameter.

No wall stays shy for long next to this.