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Prestige Hat, Early 20th century
| Content Provider | Art Institute of Chicago |
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| Artist | Bamileke Culture |
| Spatial Coverage | Cameroon |
| Temporal Coverage | 1901-1925 |
| Description | In the Grassfields region of Cameroon, it is common practice for a man to cover his head when he enters public spaces. Worn on ceremonial occasions, a burled cotton cap such as this one communicates the wearer's ethnic identity and social status. This type of crocheted hat—emulating a “rasta” hairstyle—is one of the most prestigious as it evokes complex hairstyles that were once fashionable in the region. The repetitive burls were stiffened with wooden pegs over which alternating stripes of black and red tips were crocheted. [A work made of cloth, fiber, wool, and pigment.] |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Access Restriction | Open |
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| Use Rights URL | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| Subject Keyword | Clothes Bamileke Wood Fiber Wood (plant Material) Arts of Africa African Art Costume Coastal West Africa Bamileke Culture Artworks |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Visual Artwork |