Basketry hat

Museum number:
5-3095
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003095
Accession number:
Acc.1717
Description:
Basketry hat; Malfa; fiber, wide brim; cone shaped top; multi-colored decoration, black, red green; red leather chin strap.
Donor:
Leonard Plotnicov and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Af.; Nigeria; Fulani; Jos
Culture or time period:
Fulani
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre) and Hats
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry hat, accession number 5-3095, described as Basketry hat; Malfa; fiber, wide brim; cone shaped top; multi-colored decoration, black, red green; red leather chin strap.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry hat, accession number 5-3095, described as Basketry hat; Malfa; fiber, wide brim; cone shaped top; multi-colored decoration, black, red green; red leather chin strap.

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