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Kuba, African
Mpaan Headdress, early 20th century
cotton, beads, shells
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Artist Kuba, African
Title
  • Mpaan Headdress
Date early 20th century
Medium Cotton, beads, shells
Dimensions Including base: 11 1/4 × 7 3/4 × 8 1/2 inches (28.6 × 19.7 × 21.6 cm)
Credit Line Founders Society Purchase, with funds from the Friends of African and African American Art
Accession Number 1998.46
Department Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
On View African N100, Level 1 (see map)
Jacques Hautelet (La Jolla, California, USA);
1998-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)