Hausa Cap
Unidentified Hausa maker
1970
Embroidered cloth
Overall: 9 13/16 × 6 11/16 in. (25 × 17 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
170.30.25205
Geography
Place Made: Kano, Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Headwear
Research Area
Africa
Textiles and Costumes
Not on view
Exhibition History
African Textiles, History 12, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30-April 23, 1993.
Provenance
Purchased by Stewart G. Rosenblum, Class of 1970, for the Dartmouth College Museum, 1970.
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