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Object Number 988-18-50/12450
Display Title Herder's hat
Descriptions
Object Description Herder's hat of woven fiber with hide stitched onto rim of brim and crisscrossed up dome, and covering crown; cotton and hide chin strap. Hide on dome is beginning to detach.
Inventory Description Hat, woven fiber w/ wide brim, leather around edge, stitched leather strips on t
Classification
  • Hat
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Fulani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Mali
Dimensions Overall: 13.5 x 38 x 43 cm (5 5/16 x 14 15/16 x 16 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 988-18-50/12450
Provenance
Provenance Unknown (10/1987-8/1988)
Collector Christopher B. Steiner (10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)
Donor Christopher B. Steiner (10/87-8/88 - 12/6/88)

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