Umbrella Hat "Bamboi Jakboi"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Oct 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1975 to 1976
name: label: Collector
content: Margaret Sullivan
label: Donor Name
content: Margaret Sullivan
notes: label: Notes
content: DOMED SHAPED HAT HAS DOMED FINIAL ON TOP. MADE FROM LONG, VERTICAL STRIPS OF BROWN FIBER W/ ENDS SLIGHTLY OVERLAPPED AT TOP. RIM IS TRIMMED W/ A LIGHTER COLOR FIBER. FINIAL HAS CENTER HOLE. RAFFIA LOOP ATTACHED TO INSIDE, POSSIBLY FOR HANGING. MADE FROM BAMBOO PALM LEAFLETS "RAPHIA VINIFERA." MAKER WAS LABORER IN FORESTRY DEPT. TECHNIQUE: CONSTRUCTION BEGAN AT OUTER EDGE. PRIMARILY A MAN'S HAT. IN 1976, INFORMANT REPORTED THAT 20-30 YEARS AGO THIS KIND OF HAT WAS USED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY. SEE CATALOG PP. 15, 21.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Pujehun / Masawei, Pujehun District, Southern Province, Sierra Leone, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mende
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409926
label: USNM Number
content: E427432-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 14 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 69 cm