Title: Musamo (headrest)
Object type: Headrest
Date: ca. 1850–1900
Culture: Luba peoples
Artist:  "Master of the Cascade Coiffure" 
Artist bio: active 19th century, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Wood, glass beads, plant fiber
Dimensions: H. 6 3/8 × W. 5 1/8 × D. 4 in. (16.2 × 13 × 10.2 cm)
Classification: Wood-Furniture
Credit line: Gift of Margaret Barton Plass, in honor of William Fagg, C.M.G., 1981
Geography:     southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Shankadi region     Lovoi River region
Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Caryatids, term: Women