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late 19th–early 20th century
Overall: 12.7 x 20.3 x 24.1 cm (5 x 8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Raffia, coiled and looped
Classification: Costumes
Culture: African, Kuba, Ngongo
Accession number: 2012.171
Description: Brown raffia cap with flat crown and two points at forehead, sides covered with raffia loops.
Provenance/Ownership History: About 1980/1982, acquired by Pierre Loos, Galerie Ambre Congo, Brussels; 2011, sold by Pierre Loos to Andres Moraga, Berkeley, CA; 2012, sold by Andres Moraga to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 25, 2012)
Museum purchase with funds donated by Alan and Suzanne Dworsky