Kupash Headdress, early 20th century

  • Kuba, African

Cotton, shells, beads

  • Overall: 4 7/8 × 6 1/4 × 6 3/8 inches (12.4 × 15.9 × 16.2 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, with funds from the Friends of African and African American Art

1998.47

Jacques Hautelet (La Jolla, California, USA)

1998-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Kuba, African, Kupash Headdress, early 20th century, cotton, shells, beads. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, with funds from the Friends of African and African American Art, 1998.47.