Men's Cap
Unidentified Hausa maker
collected 1977
Embroidered cotton
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Adrian Walser, Class of 1932
178.30.25820
Geography
Place Made: Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Headwear
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Course History
History 69.01, African and African American Studies 53.01, Religion 74.17, Islam in African, Robby Zeinstra III, Spring 2024
Provenance
Collected by Adrian Andrew Walser (1910-1994) in the Kano Old City market, Nigeria, 1977; given to present collection, 1978.
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