Hat
AF1596
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1596 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mangbetu |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Fiber |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Base of cap is round, yet is slightly distorted due to storage, with a square crown. rim of cap is adorned with loops made of plant fiber. These loops are missing from most of the rim. Directly above rim there are four horizontal lines that encirlce cap-one line of dark fiber, and then a strip of lighter fiber, etc... Top of cap is of a woven zig-zag design. |
| Height | 8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 21.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1182 - Other Number |
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