- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Hat
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Field collector A. Robert Hottot
- Field collector Renée Laurence Hottot
- PRM source Alfred Louis Ernest Hubert Hottot
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1911
- Date collected
- 1911
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 08/1977
- Materials and processes
- Material Paper Plant, Material Plant Leaf, Material Bird Feather, Material Reed Plant, Process Covered
- Dimensions
- Length x Width 473 x 165 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1977.10.1
- Research and responses
See Philip N. Grover and Christopher Morton, 'Hottot Collection', Congo Journey: Photographs and Documents from Robert Hottot's Expedition to Central Africa, 1908-9 [website], (published online 12 January 2006) http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/congojourney/robert-hottot-expedition-mission-collection-resources-bibliography.htm.
Search terms: Clothing Headgear, Hat
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