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West African

Cap, 1800s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

West African

Title

Cap

Year

1800s

Medium

bast fiber; raffia

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • bast fiber,
  • raffia

Techniques

  • looping,
  • knotting,
  • knotted

Dimensions

25.4 cm (10 inches) (length)

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume Accessories

Credit

Gift of Grace Abbot Fletcher

Object Number

55.128.22

Projects & Publications

Publications

A World of Costume and Textiles

A Handbook of the Collection

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Cap with the accession number of 55.128.22. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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