Hat

AF3989

From: Nigeria

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF3989
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Nigeria
Section African
Materials Fiber | Leather
Technique Basketry
Description

Conical. Basketwork; brim bound with leather, fringed leather button on crown. Leather (fringes, etc.) suggest W. Sudan, but shape recalls hats of Upper Nile Region.

Conical hat of basketwork. Brim bound with leather. Fringed leather button on crown.

Credit Line Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912
Other Number 18182 - Dealer's Number

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