Hat, fiber, stiff. Flat crown, narrow flat brim, straight sides. Yellow dyed circle top center, green dyed transverse rings around body. Height circa 6.2 cm, Brim diameter 21.5 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, Shaba Province, near Dilolo Gare, Chokwe.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Dilolo Gare, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa; Zaire; Shaba Province; near Dilolo Gare; Chokwe
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Hats
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama