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Tikar

Dignitary’s Hat (Ashetu)

Tikar, 1900

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Tikar

Dignitary’s Hat (Ashetu)

Tikar, 1900

Physical Qualities Cotton, wool, plant fiber, wood, 17.5 H x 22 W x 26 D cm.
Credit Line Gift of Byron R. Cheadle, Washington, D.C.
Object Number 2001.471
Cylindrical hat with many long cylindrical pegs extending from exterior; black and tan designs.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2001; Byron R. Cheadle, Washington, DC
Nichole Bridges, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Hand Held: Personal Arts from Africa," Sept. 25, 2011-Feb. 5, 2012.

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