Caps Research
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Gibson, Gordon D. (Gordon Davis), 1915-2007
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content: Gordon Davis Gibson papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.8 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936 - 2007
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.1984-13, Series 3
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Gibson studied Central African cap collections at various museums in the United States and Europe. This series contains his research notes, writings, source materials, and photographs of African caps. Also in the series are textile samples of loop and knot work used in traditional cap-making. 

For more materials relating to African caps, please see Series 5. General Research Files and Series 11. Writings. Additional photos of African caps can be found in Series 16. Photographs.