Hat

2008.22.0142

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Hat (2008.22.0142)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Personal Artifacts : Clothing : Headwear
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	Africa, West : Niger
Period	N/A
Date	1980s
Culture	Wodaabe, Bodaado, Bororo

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Depth)	36.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Width)	35.7 cm
Dimension 3 (Height)	23.3 cm
Weight	312 g
Measuring Remarks	N/A
Materials	Animal--Skin--without Fur/Feathers/Scales, Pigment--Dye, Pigment--Paint, Plant
Manufacturing Processes	Cutting, Dyeing, Joining, Painting, Piercing, Plaiting, Twisting, Weaving, Wrapping

Research Remarks

Description	Under Review
Published Description	N/A
Bibliography	Arnoldi, Mary Jo and Christine Mullen Kreamer. Crowning Achievements: African Arts of Dressing the Head. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1995. Bovin, Mette. Nomads Who Cultivate Beauty: Wodaabe dances and visual arts in Niger. Nordiska Afrikainstitutet: Uppsala, 2001. Seligman, Thomas and Kristyne Loughran, eds. Art of Being Tuareg: Sahara nomads in a modern world. UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History: Los Angeles, 2006. Van Offelen, Marion and Carol Beckwith. Nomads of Niger. William Collins Sons & Co.: London, 1983.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication	Kieffer-Lopez Collection
Reproduction	No

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