Men's Cap

Unidentified Hausa maker

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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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