Hat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Apr 2002
label: Collection Date
content: early 1980s
name: label: Collector
content: Kathy Kumin-Clark
label: Donor Name
content: Ann Kaupp
notes: label: Notes
content: Hat made of dried grasses and cotton string, all undyed. Coil basketry technique with braided trim near bottom edge and top. Cone shaped with ornamental piece on top.
label: Notes
content: This hat type has been documented as being worn in this area by farmers and laborers for over a century. This example from the 1980s is woven from local grasses, it was used as protection from the elements. Around this same period, this type of hat became one of the elements of "national dress" and in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, the Lesotho men athletes wore hats of this type in the parade of athletes. Hats are woven by men and boys and sold in markets to both tourists and locals. This particular hat is an excellent example of the type, finely crafted with an elaborate decorative element on the top.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Sep 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lesotho, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sotho (Basotho)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2022646
label: USNM Number
content: E430761-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 33 cm
label: Height - Object
content: ca. 21.5 cm