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Hat of a dignitary
Headgear was an important mark of distinction in the kingdoms of the Cameroon Grassfields and was worn by monarchs, chieftains, important women, court musicians, members of closed societies, mask bearers and 'free' men. This mitre-shaped hat belonged to a dignitary.‖ On the red fabric is the stylized frog motif, a royal symbol of growth and fertility that also appears on other objects.‖ Descriptio…
Type of item
- Object Type: bonnet (hat)
- bonnet (hat)
- Bonnet
Providing institution
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Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 0-0
- 0
Provenance
- 1986-03-20
- Aankoop
Identifier
- AM-482-3
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/526040
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Year
- 0
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-11T07:13:13.286Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-10-15T07:33:21.569Z