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AF1577

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number AF1577
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bankutu
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Plant Fiber
Description

Dark brown tightly woven cap; rim is decorated with raised diagonal lines, pleated 3/4 around cap; center of the crown of cap is a loosely woven 7cm in heighth, a raised cylindrical piece; this bundle appears to contain loose plant fibers (twig-like) within. Card States-Chieftains' Cermonial

Height 17 cm
Outside Diameter 18 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number 362 - Other Number

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