L-1, #12 (previous number (collector's original number)) and PD-12 (attributed PAHMA number)
Accession number:
Acc.4776
Description:
Woven basketry hat, conical in shape with small woven top knot. Natural fiber, decorated with 3 bands of alternating black and red camel leather strands, overlaid and interwoven with the weaving fiber. Distributed along each band are woven diamonds or triangles. Streamers of the red and black leather hang loose from each colored band to well below the rim of the hat.
Donor:
Penelope Delevoryas
Collection place:
Mali
Collector:
Penelope Delevoryas
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hats
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
July 20, 2011
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 25 centimeters and height 14.5 centimeters