MS 7508 Drawing of a man wearing a fiber hat
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA INV 11018300

USNM Accession 362993
name: label: Creator
content: Unknown
place: label: Place
content: Africa, Southern
topic: label: Topic
content: Hats
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The drawing relates to a collection of fiber hats that were originally donated to the National Museum of African Art in November 1983 and transferred to the Department of Anthropology in November 1984.   The drawing was transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in 1989.
creator: label: Creator
content: Unknown
culture: label: Culture
content: Sotho (African people)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Drawings (visual works) (pastels on paper, 11 in x 14 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 7162 / 7421 / 7508, Item 3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7508
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Drawings (visual works)
label: Type
content: Pastels (visual works)
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Drawings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Pastels (visual works)
label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: One drawing of a man in a fiber hat standing next to a stream.


Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: Three hats related to this drawing are held by the Department of Anthropology (Accession Number 362993).