Beaded Hat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Oct 2014
name: label: Collector
content: Allen Davis
label: Donor Name
content: Allen Davis
notes: label: Notes
content: Kalyeem. Man's hat. Worn by nobles. Source: Joseph Cornet, Art Royal Kuba Milan: Grfica Sipiel Milano, 1982. pg. 217
label: Notes
content: Conical hat worn by men; with large cylindrical projection, overall pattern of quatrefoils of cowries on red ground; topped with section of conch shell; three flaps with black and white chevron patterning attached to circle of black and white beads; checkerboard band of dark blue and white rectangles, row of alternating blue and white beads; cowrie rectangles. Complex uncommon example in very good condition.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kuba
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2066766
label: USNM Number
content: E433619-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Diameter
content: 19.3 cm
label: Height
content: 18.5 cm