cap
- Museum number
- 2008,2025.94
- Description
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Cap made from two pieces of hand-woven plain weave dyed brown cotton sewn together edged at the bottom with twisted natural cotton. The item has a rounded top and two triangular flaps at each lower side. It is embroidered on the front and back in a variety of combinations of the following dyed black, yellow, red, green and powder blue cotton and natural cotton. The embroidery consists of an arrangement of diamonds with chequered centres and zigzags.
- Production date
- 1 April 1971 ((?) Purchased by vendor)
- Dimensions
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Length: 30.50 centimetres
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Width: 22.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Multicoloured embroidered 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
- 2008,2025.94
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: C70 (Heathcote collection number)
