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Kom

Female Headdress (Ngoin)

Kom, 1900

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Kom

Female Headdress (Ngoin)

Kom, 1900

Physical Qualities Wood, 15 in. (38.1 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of A. Harvey and Phyllis K. Schreter, Baltimore
Object Number 1984.271
"Meditations on African Art: Color," April 18, 2007-August 19, 2007, BMA, Karen Milbourne.
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.160, ill.

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