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Kuba

Belt

Kuba, 1900-1969

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Kuba

Belt

Kuba, 1900-1969

Physical Qualities Raffia, cowries, beads, 5.1 × 114.3 × 5.1 cm. (2 × 45 × 2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Philip Lee Davis, Key West, Florida, in Honor of Frederick Lamp, Curator, Arts of Africa, Asia, The Americas & Oceania, 1981-2003
Object Number 2003.341
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2003; Philip Lee Davis, Key West, Florida; Allen Davis, Alexandria, Virginia; purchased from dealer, Abdoul Keita, 1998

Culture

Kuba

2000–2000

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