Basketry hat of woven plant fibre, natural with patterns of purple. Rounded head and wide brim. Black tassels attached from the top to the brim and purple pom-poms.[AF [EFCF project] 19/8/2019]

Collection type: Object
Description: Basketry hat of woven plant fibre, natural with patterns of purple. Rounded head and wide brim. Black tassels attached from the top to the brim and purple pom-poms.[AF [EFCF project] 19/8/2019]
Geographical reference: Morocco
Africa > Northern Africa > Morocco
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Jenny Balfour-Paul; PRM source Jenny Balfour-Paul
Date
Acquisition information: Donated: 03/03/2016
Materials and processes: Material Plant Fibre Textile, Process Basketry, Process Woven, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Height 200 mm, Diameter 440 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2018.37.211
Research and responses: The Jenny Balfour-Paul collection [2018.37] was extensively researched and studied as part of the Multaka Oxford Project. The Multaka Oxford project is an inclusive volunteering programme using the collections as a springboard for intercultural dialogue about cultural heritage delivered jointly by the Pitt Rivers Museum and the History of Science Museum, University of Oxford. Any inout from Multaka volunteers have been included as project notes on the database records for specific objects. [FB 26/1/2021]
Associated publications: Balfour-Paul, Jenny, Indigo in the Arab World, Routledge, 1997 [AF [EFCF project] 23/8/2019] Balfour-Paul, Jenny, Indigo: Egyptian Mummies to Blue Jeans by , British Museum Press, 1998 [AF [EFCF project] 23/8/2019]

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