- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Man's netted hat.
- Geographical reference
- Southern Highlands District Was River Valley
- Cultural groups
- Wola
- Person
- Field collector Paul Sillitoe
- PRM source Trustees of the British Museum
- PRM source British Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1978
- Date collected
- 1976 - 1978
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1979
- Materials and processes
- Material Clay, Material Yarn, Material Pigment, Material Clay, Material Net Textile, Process Netted, Process Twined Woven, Process Painted
- Dimensions
- Diameter 240 mm brim, Height 170 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1979.21.84
Search terms: Clothing Headgear, Religion, Hat, Amulet
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