hat
- Museum number
- Af1999,16.28
- Description
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Hat ("malfa"); plaited from straw; rounded crown, wide brim; strip of red leather sewn around edge of brim; circle of red leather, painted with black lines, sewn at top of crown, decorated with beige, green and red leather concentric circles outlined in black; tassel of red leather outlined with black paint and decorated with green and beige leather sewn under circle and attached with knot at base of crown; strip of brown leather sewn around inside edge of crown with tube of padded blue cotton attached; braided red and black leather strip attached for tying to head.
- Production date
- 1970s
- Dimensions
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Height: 9.20 centimetres
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Width: 39.10 centimetres
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Depth: 39 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Heathcote, David. "A Leatherworker of Zaria City. " In: The Nigerian Field 1974;34(3):99-117.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1999
- Acquisition notes
- Cost for entire collection.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1999,16.28
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 206
