straw hat (mambi type), reed or grass, natural, woven in strips which are sewed together. ends are left waven and form a bushy top on hat. Gift from a student at NorthWestern University; MISSING since 1971
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Liberia, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Reed
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hats
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Worn to work in the fields
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 38.5 centimeters and height 9 centimeters