cap
- Museum number
- 2008,2025.88
- Description
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Cap: composed of hand plain weave natural cotton hand sewn together. The cap has cotton stitching running round the full circumference of the cap which has then been pulled to create specific gathered patterns forming two bands of geometric patterns. One band consists of a diamond grid the other of vertical stripes. The rim of the cap is edged with embroidery
- Production date
- 3 December 1973 ((?) Purchased by vendor)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 18 centimetres
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Height: 13 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Caps are a key element of Hausa dress. The popularity of these caps has developed over the last 20-30years. This increase in popularity coincides with the expectation that all men will cover their heads. During this time there has also been a simplification of dress leaving the more cumbersome forms of head covering behind in exchange for the simpler cap (Heathcote 1975 The Nigerian Field Vol XL).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2008 (8 September)
- Acquisition notes
- This collection was made over a ten year period in the late 1960s and early 1970s when the vendor and collector, Dr David Heathcote, was Head of Art History at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, northern Nigeria. His PhD research focused on the study of Hausa embroidered dress; this collection was formed as a result of his extensive field research.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- 2008,2025.88
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: C169 (Heathcote collection number)
