Prestige Hat

NameHat

CultureBamenda people

Date20th century

Place madeBamenda region, Northwest province of the Cameroon Grassfields, Cameroon, Africa

MediumWool, cotton, indigo and natural dyes

Dimensions8 × 7 1/2 in. (20.32 × 19.05 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.15

Object numberA.1995.93.15

Collections

The Lloyd Cotsen & Neutrogena Collection

DescriptionGlobe-shaped hat with two sections consisting of an "X" with a spike pattern and stripes running down the center circling the two sections of spikes. Materials are cotton, felted wool (?), indigo and natural dyes. Color: Blue, red, on off-white ground.