nkody mu-ikup lakiing (belt) (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

19th–20th century
Kuba
Raffia cloth, cowrie shells, glass beads
Democratic Republic of Congo
Overall: 39 × 1 3/4 in. (99.06 × 4.45 cm)
2008.59
Gift of Jacques and Brigitte Hautelet
Fortune, Courage, Love: Arts of Africa’s Akan and Kuba Kingdoms from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, William King Museum, Abingdon, Virginia, March 28 - July 12, 2015; Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia, September 26, 2015 - January 3, 2016; Piedmont Arts, Martinsville, Virginia, January 16 - March 6, 2016
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