Backs in Fashion: Mangbetu Women’s Egbe

On view in the Arts of Africa gallery in Fall 2023, Backs in Fashion: Mangbetu Women’s Egbe explores the art of the egbe, a back apron garment created by upper-class Mangbetu women. 

This exhibition investigates the artistic process, the essential function, and cultural role that egbe garments played in Mangbetu society.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website