Hat
AF1582
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1582 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bankutu |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Brown; tightly woven cap; twenty-one large vertical pleats around 3/4 of cap; front of cap is decorated with zigzags and two rows, one on top of the other, of smaller pleats; the top of the cap is decorated with five crocheted circles spiraling towards the center; 7 1/2 cm high cylindrical piece protrudes from crown, decorated with a zigzag pattern. Card States-Chieftain's, Ceremonial |
| Height | 18 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 17 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 365 - Other Number |
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