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," Dec 20, 2017 - June 17, 2018, BMA, Kevin Tervala.
