cap;
textile
- Museum number
- Af1934,0307.472
- Description
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Cap, formed of two pieces of hand-spun and hand-woven white cotton, one forming the sides, the other the top, which have been hand-sewn together around the rim. The sides and top have been embroidered all over with a hand-sewn design of abstract shapes and patterns in a thread dyed dark indigo.
- Production date
- 1900-1913 (between)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 15 centimetres
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Height: 9.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- One of a group of very similar embroidered caps, Af1934,0307.464 to 477. See comment on the first of them, Af1934,0307.464.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1934
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1934,0307.472