DepartmentTextiles-Africa
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
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.
20th Century AD
20th Century
20th century AD
20th century AD
Early 20th Century AD (?)
Early 20th century
20th century AD
Early 20th century
c. 1865
