Mbala
Chief’s Hat (Mpu a Nzim)
Mbala, 20th century
Physical Qualities
Fiber, nzimbu shells, pigment, 5 x 11 1/2 in. (12.7 x 29.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ed DeCarbo, New York
Object Number
2012.72
Hat of woven fiber netting with clusters and rows of nzimbu shells with areas covered in contrasting pigments.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2012; Ed DeCarbo, New York, by purchase, 1998, from a Parisian dealer (no name) at the Tribal Arts Exposition
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Gifts of Art for a New Century," February 7-May 8, 2016.
