Prestige Hat

Bamileke Artist

New Orleans Museum of Art
New Orleans, United States

Domed, orange, textile hat with finger-like protrusions arranged radially projecting from surface. Design of gray and orange is woven into textile with concentric circles on top, and interlocking triangular shapes around the sides that each contain a protrusion.

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Details

Title: Prestige Hat
Creator: Bamileke Artist
Location Created: Cameroon
Physical Dimensions: 8 x 10 x 10 in (20.32 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Medium: Cotton, camwood ochre
Credit Line: Gift of William A. Fagaly in honor of Mickey Easterling
Accession Number: 2008.239.1

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