cap
- Museum number
- Af,+.6022
- Description
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Cap made of hide with long black hair, decorated with opaque white glass beads on a foundation of plaited rattan; with a chin strap.
- Production date
- 1893 (before)
- Dimensions
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Height: 18.20 centimetres
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Width: 26.80 centimetres
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Depth: 16.80 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Acquisition slip: "War cap". Added "Congo", but this seems to be a mistake.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1893
- Acquisition notes
- Af,+.6011 to 6024 were given by A W Franks on 16 February 1893. The objects are all recorded as coming from the Congo or the Cameroons, and as having been collected by 'Hood'. He can be identified with the E L Hood from whom Franks had purchased Af,+.5690 to 5766 in 1892.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af,+.6022
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Af1893C2.6022 (old CDMS no.)