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Object Number
29-76-50/H1170
Display Title
Basketry Hat
Descriptions
Object Description
Basketry hat with flared rim, made with coiled bark over a single stick foundation. Exterior of body is coated with white and red-brown clay. The top crest is of bundled leaf fiber. Raffia cordage (2-ply) is attached as a loop to the interior at the rim.
Inventory Description
Hat, wicker with vegetable fiber crest, caked with brown and white pigment
Classification
- Hat
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Southern Dan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
Materials
Wicker, Vegetable fiber, Clay
Dimensions
Overall: 18.7 x 20.3 x 31 cm (7 3/8 x 8 x 12 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
H/1170
Provenance
Collector
George Schwab
(1927 - 1929)
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