Hat
AF1592
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1592 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo | Bangongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Object is of knotted and coiled fiber with a tied down fringe end. Scalloped rim, with segments of dark brown in color, 4cm in length encircling rim. There are strands of dark fiber encircling body of cap. Of elder. Worn by Bambi or Bengi. |
| Height | 10 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 16 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 356 - Other Number |
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