Basketry hat

Museum number:
5-4306
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050004306
Accession number:
Acc.2037
Description:
Conical coiled basketry war hat (Tahazak); over-stitched on outer surface with cotton string; ht. 24 cm.
Donor:
Paul Hinderling and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mokolo, North Region, Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
N. Cameroon; Mokolo; Mafa tribe
Culture or time period:
Mafa tribe
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Coiled weaving, and Hats
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry hat, accession number 5-4306, described as Conical coiled basketry war hat (Tahazak); over-stitched on outer surface with cotton string; ht. 24 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry hat, accession number 5-4306, described as Conical coiled basketry war hat (Tahazak); over-stitched on outer surface with cotton string; ht. 24 cm.

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