Luba
Diviner’s Headdress (Nkaka)
Luba, 20th century
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Luba
Diviner’s Headdress (Nkaka)
Luba, 20th century
Physical Qualities
Fiber, feathers, glass beads, pigment, cowrie shells, 9 x 10 x 7 in. (22.9 x 25.4 x 17.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ed DeCarbo, New York
Object Number
2012.71
Headdress with beaded diadem, hat is composed of woven raffia with cowries and feathers.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2012; Ed DeCarbo, New York, by purchase, 1997; Amyas Naegele, NYC
Beyond Flight: Birds in African Art
