Cleveland Museum of Art

Basket

Date

by 1928

Medium

Plant fibers and dye

Culture

Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mangbetu-style maker

Department

African Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This woven hat looks brand new because it was one of the many items the business-savvy chief of Ekibondo had artists and artisans make for the foreigners who passed through his village.

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