Hat
Unidentified Vai or Mande maker
collected 1961-1963
Embroidered denim
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Edward G. Maguire
169.1.24527
Geography
Place Made: Liberia, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Headwear
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by William Barraclough during his time in the Peace Corps in Africa (possibly Ghana), probably between 1961-1963; given to his father-in-law, Edward G. Maguire (1915-1993), Haverhill, Massachusetts; given to the present collection, 1969.
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