Chief's hat / Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.171
- Title
- Chief's hat
- Artist Nationality
- Cameroonian
- Medium and Support
- cotton appliqué with tassels
- Object Creation Date
- 1925-1975
- Object Creation Place
- Africa (continent)
- Cameroon (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Cameroon (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Douglas C. Kelley
- Dimensions
- 40 cm x 29.5 cm (15 3/4 in. x 11 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Costume and Costume Accessory
- Primary Object Type
- hat
- Secondary Object Classification
- Textile
- Physical Description
- Miter-shaped hat with double layer of fabric made from whorls of light-colored cotton applique on dark green velveteen ground. Sides of hat terminate in red tassels. Front edge of hat is trimmed with red fabric.
- Subject Matter
- In the Grassfields region of western Cameroon, his type of hat was reserved for chiefs and elders to denote their authority. Its style of appliqué is influenced by Hausa aesthetic ideas.
- Secondary Keywords
- accessories worn on the head
- associated concepts
- costume
- costume accessories
- costume accessories worn
- descriptors
- headgear
- needleworking
- needleworking and needleworking techniques
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- political concepts
- processes and techniques
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- social status
- sociological concepts
- textile processes and techniques
- textile working processes and techniques
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 5184 x 3456
- File Size
- 519 KB
- Record
- 1997/1.171
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"Chief's hat; Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1997-sl-1.171/1997_1.171.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 08, 2024.
