"Hood (conical top and concave back) made in one piece of Wickerwork.The cap, which occurs among several groups(lugbara, lendu, Logo) in northeastern Zaire (now DR Congo), is used by women to protect their babies when they are carried on their backs. It is called kadudu among the Lendu and is frequently imbued with red color. " p 90-91, plate 40, 40bis

in Baniel P. Biebuck amd Nelly Van den Abbeele, THE POWER OF HEADDRESS, Tendi S.A, Brussels, 1984; see also Ginzberg Marc, AFRICAN FORMS, p. 239

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RDC Zaire

Mangbetu Lendu

51 x 19

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