Hat

Hat

Object name: Hat
Date: 1800-1850
Dimensions:
320 x 340 mm
Medium: Rush, cotton, straw
Object number: C02405
DescriptionFunnel-shaped hat. It is made of spirals of rush bound together with red and blue cotton and coloured straw. The coloured cotton creates colourful banded and square decoration on the hat.
African subcontinent. Possibly Sudan or Zanzibar.
Culture: Tanzanian, Africa