"Chief's" Cape
Unidentified Solongo maker
19th century
Raffia
Overall: 46 7/16 in. (118 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the Rushford Collections, Salem, Massachusetts
56.55.26306
Geography
Place Made: Angola, Central Africa, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Provenance
Acquired through through Exchange no. 107 with The Rushford Collections (Dr. Edward A. Rushford, 1883-1949), Salem, Massachusetts, 1956.
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