Mud-Dyed Hat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 30 Oct 1998
label: Collection Date
content: 1992
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Mary Jo Arnoldi
notes: label: Notes
content: SOFT HAT IS CYLINDRICAL SHAPED WHEN OPEN. HAS FLAT TOP. MADE OUT OF TWO LAYERS OF THICK COTTON. EXTERIOR HAS MUD-DYED GEOMETRIC DESIGN IN DARK BROWN & WHITE. INSIDE HAS MAKER'S LABEL "CHRIS SEYDOU PARIS." ACCORDING TO DR. MARY JO ARNOLDI, CURATOR OF AFRICAN ETHNOLOGY, NMNH, THE MAKER CHRIS SEYDOU STARTED SEWING AT THE AGE OF 16. HE LATER WENT TO PARIS & CREATED BOGOLAN FASHION. HE ALSO WORKED IN THE STUDIOS OF YVES ST. LAURENT. LATER HE WORKED IN THE IVORY COAST & IN MALI.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Dec 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Bamako, Mali, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Malian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 416175
label: USNM Number
content: E428420-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 29.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 24 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 8 cm