Basketry Cap (Mpu)

Yombe

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Yombe. Basketry Cap (Mpu), late 19th–early 20th century. Raffia, height: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm); diameter: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 22.1627. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Yombe

Title

Basketry Cap (Mpu)

Date

late 19th–early 20th century

Medium

Raffia

Classification

Clothing

Dimensions

height: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm); diameter: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)

Credit Line

Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund

Accession Number

22.1627

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