Raffia Hat

A basket work hat, with an unusually wide brim, decorated with raised basketwork lines.

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Further Information

  • Type: Costume, dress
  • Object: Raffia Hat
  • Materials: Vegetable, organic fibre
  • Culture Group: Other
  • Dimensions: Unknown
  • Production Date: Pre 1898
  • Associated Places: Sierra Leone (Created and collected)
  • Associated People: A. Ridyard (Donor)
  • Museum: World Museum Liverpool Sierra Leone Collection
  • Accession Number: LIVCM.19.4.98.5

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