Hat

Unidentified Vai or Mande maker

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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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