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A Kupash man's hat worn by royals. Source:Joseph Cornet, Art Royal Kuba Milan: Grfica Sipiel Milano, 1982. pg 216 Three rows vertical cowries/registers of cowrie quatrefoils, alternating with registers of diagonally aligned double rows of white beads alternating with 2 black; bundle of old cowries atop; small cowrie dangles sparsely spaced around bottom. Encrusted overall with red tukula.
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- Title: Beaded Hat
- Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
- Physical Dimensions: D: 16.6cm H: 12cm
- Type: Hat
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
- Medium: Palm fiber, cowrie shells, beadwork, red tukula (ground camwood tree)
- USNM Catalog Number(s): E433621
- Photo Credit: Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Field: Ethnology
- Accession Date: 2014-10-21
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