Caption

Luba. Headdress, early 20th century. Cotton, glass beads, cowrie shells, metal, fiber, 20 x 4 in. (50.8 x 10.2 cm) fringe: 9 1/2in. (24.1cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jay M. Haft, 80.243.15.

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Luba

Title

Headdress

Date

early 20th century

Medium

Cotton, glass beads, cowrie shells, metal, fiber

Classification

(not assigned)

Dimensions

20 x 4 in. (50.8 x 10.2 cm) fringe: 9 1/2in. (24.1cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Jay M. Haft

Accession Number

80.243.15

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