Baga and Nalu
Headdress (Banda or Kumbaduba)
Baga or Nalu, 1900
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Wood, pigment, iron, 63 x 18 1/8 x 12 in. (160 x 46 x 30.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Partial gift of Valerie Franklin, Los Angeles, and purchase with exchange funds provided by twenty-seven donors
Object Number
1990.2
Ex coll Harry Franklin, Los Angeles
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