Hat

Museum number:
5-1719
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001719
Alternate number:
L1 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Lunda" - chief's hat - glass beaded; red, white, and blue; diameter: 7" 17.8cm, height: 5" 12.69cm Worn by the conquering Lunda chiefs in their region (Bayaka, Basonde, Bapende, Bapelende). This one was worn by a late chief of Basonde.
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Central Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; BaPende+ Basonde + Lunda + Yaka
Culture or time period:
Ba Pende
Collector:
Igor Kopytoff
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hats
Function:
3.1 Status Objects and Insignia of Office
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1983-1984 #4: City of Palo Alto (August 22, 1983–January 11, 1984) and S1991-1992 #21: SFO Museum (February 1992–February 1, 1993)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 5-1719, described as Lunda" - chief's hat - glass beaded; red, white, and blue; diameter: 7" 17.8cm, height: 5" 12.69cm Worn by the conquering Lunda chiefs in their region (Bayaka, Basonde, Bapende, Bapelende). This one was worn by a late chief of Basonde.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hat, accession number 5-1719, described as Lunda" - chief's hat - glass beaded; red, white, and blue; diameter: 7" 17.8cm, height: 5" 12.69cm Worn by the conquering Lunda chiefs in their region (Bayaka, Basonde, Bapende, Bapelende). This one was worn by a late chief of Basonde.

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