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: Kupash. Man' hat. Worn by royals. Source: Joseph Cornet, Art Royal Kuba Milan: Grfica Sipiel Milano, 1982. pg 216
label: Notes
content: Checkerboard pattern of two rows alternating double rows white and mixed blue stripes forming chevron; top row with triangle of red beads above triangle of cowries below; top row of chevron beads alternating with two rows of three vertically aligned cowries; copper disc atop with interlocking loops (imbol); rubbed overall with tukula; minute pompom trim at bottom. Interesting for placement of cowries on commonly arranged round side up.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Nov 2015
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: E433623-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Diameter
content: 15.5 cm
label: Height
content: 12.8 cm