Royal Woman’s Headdress (Primary Title)
Mpaan (Translation)

Unknown (Artist)

19th–20th century
Kuba
raffia cloth, glass beads, cowries
Place Made,Democratic Republic of Congo
Overall: 5 5/8 × 8 in. dia. (14.29 × 20.32 cm)
2010.65
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
Fortune, Courage, Love: Arts of Africa’s Akan and Kuba Kingdoms from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, William King Museum, Abingdon, Virginia, March 28 - July 12, 2015; Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia, September 26, 2015 - January 3, 2016; Piedmont Arts, Martinsville, Virginia, January 16 - March 6, 2016
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