Hat

Yoruba people, or Hausa people, African

  • Titles Hat (Descriptive)
  • Artist or, Hausa people, Nigeria and Niger
  • Medium cotton
  • Dimensions (with hat extended) 7 × 7 in. Diam. (17.8 × 17.8 cm) (with brim up) 5 × 7 in. Diam. (12.7 × 17.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of Helen and Felix Yarboro, AFI.491.2012
  • Work Type hat
  • Classification Costume

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