Animal hide hat with shell

Museum number:
5-5868
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050005868
Accession number:
Acc.2171
Description:
skull cap; monkey and deer skins s/trim of cloth-wrapped sticks and cowrie shell decorations; width flattened 31 cm
Donor:
Warren L. d'Azevedo
Collection place:
Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia; Zodi; Gola
Culture or time period:
Gola
Collector:
Warren L. d'Azevedo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hats
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Animal hide hat with shell, accession number 5-5868, described as skull cap; monkey and deer skins s/trim of cloth-wrapped sticks and cowrie shell decorations; width flattened 31 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Animal hide hat with shell, accession number 5-5868, described as skull cap; monkey and deer skins s/trim of cloth-wrapped sticks and cowrie shell decorations; width flattened 31 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Animal hide hat with shell, accession number 5-5868, described as skull cap; monkey and deer skins s/trim of cloth-wrapped sticks and cowrie shell decorations; width flattened 31 cmDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Animal hide hat with shell, accession number 5-5868, described as skull cap; monkey and deer skins s/trim of cloth-wrapped sticks and cowrie shell decorations; width flattened 31 cm

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