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Woman’s Cape (Enkishopo)

Maasai

Woman’s Cape (Enkishopo)

Maasai (Northern), 1933

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Maasai

Woman’s Cape (Enkishopo)

Maasai (Northern), 1933

Physical Qualities Hide, glass beads, sinew, 52.5 x 44 in. (133.35 x 111.76 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Nancy and Robert H. Nooter, Washington, D.C.
Object Number 1994.269
"Design for Mobile Living Art from Eastern Africa," June 1, 2016 - Nov 27, 2016, BMA, Kevin Tervala and Shannen Hill.
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.211, ill.

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