Prestige Cap: Female (Mpaan)
Object type: Prestige hat
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Kuba peoples
Date: ca. 1950
Medium: Beads, cowrie shells, fiber backing
Dimensions: H. 10 1/2 x Circum. 24 in. (26.7 x 61 cm)
Classification: Beads-Costumes
Geography:     Democratic Republic of the Congo  
River: Sankuru River region
Credit line: Gift of Tatiana Sochurek, 2003
Accession year: 2003