Cap

Museum number:
5-7855
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
86 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Cap; black kinky human hair; felted; elongated helmet-shape with patches of clay stuck to surface and painted various colors; length: 28 cm; width: 17 cm; height: 13 cm. Native name: Etimat. Worn by men on back of head for adornment. Collected Nov. 1966.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moroto, Northern Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Moroto; Karamojong (Murdock 43:1)
Culture or time period:
Karamojong
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
Nov. 1966
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Caps (headgear)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 5-7855, described as Cap; black kinky human hair; felted; elongated helmet-shape with patches of clay stuck to surface and painted various colors; length: 28 cm; width: 17 cm; height: 13 cm. Native name: Etimat. Worn by men on back of head for adornment. Collected Nov. 1966.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cap, accession number 5-7855, described as Cap; black kinky human hair; felted; elongated helmet-shape with patches of clay stuck to surface and painted various colors; length: 28 cm; width: 17 cm; height: 13 cm. Native name: Etimat. Worn by men on back of head for adornment. Collected Nov. 1966.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 5-7855, described as Cap; black kinky human hair; felted; elongated helmet-shape with patches of clay stuck to surface and painted various colors; length: 28 cm; width: 17 cm; height: 13 cm. Native name: Etimat. Worn by men on back of head for adornment. Collected Nov. 1966.

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