Swahili and Unidentified
Embroidered Cap (kofia ya kiua)
late 19th-early 20th century
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- Culture: Swahili
- Artist Artist: Unidentified
Embroidered Cap (kofia ya kiua)
late 19th-early 20th century
Physical Qualities
Cotton, eyelet and couching stitch embroidery, 4 1/2 H × 7 Diam. in. (11.4 × 17.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift
Object Number
2023.292
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2023; Private collection, by purchase 2020; Andres Moraga/Pierre Loos by purchase 2018 at Brussels auction; consigned to auction by the nephew of Count Maurice Lippens (1875-1956), who was governor of Belgian Congo between 1919 and 1921
Artist Artist
Unidentified
