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
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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