helmet
- Museum number
- 2010,2033.3
- Description
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A South African 2010 World Cup football fan's helmet made from a construction worker's 'hard hat' and painted in the colours of the South African flag. Two pop-up South African flags and a football topped with two smaller flags have been cut from the surface of the helmet.
- Production date
- 2010
- Dimensions
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Height: 35.50 centimetres
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Width: 36 centimetres
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Depth: 30 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This type of helmet is known as a lekarapa (pl. makarapa) and is said to have been invented by Alfred Baloyi, originally from Limpopo province, South Africa. Thousands of such helmets, painted in the colours of the competing teams, were sold to football fans visiting South Africa for the 2010 World Cup. The term makarapa literally means 'scrapers' and refers to the migrant workers who 'scrape' a living in the mining and construction industries in South Africa and are recognisable by the plastic 'hard hats' they wear.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good
- Acquisition date
- 2010
- Acquisition notes
- Donated by John Battersby before the 2010 football World cup
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- 2010,2033.3
