Spiral basketry cap.

Collection type: Object
Description: Spiral basketry cap.
Geographical reference: Congo, Democratic Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of; Kasai
Person: Field collector F. Goldsmid; Field collector Frederic John Goldsmid; PRM source Royal Geographical Society
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1925
Date collected: By 1925
Acquisition information: Donated: 1925
Materials and processes: Material Plant, Process Basketry, Process Coiled
Object numbers: Accession number: 1925.9.18
Research and responses: This could be Frederic John Goldsmid who was in the Congo in 1883 - see biographies file [AP 27/2/2002]
Correspondence held at the RGS [in correspondence block 1921-1930 Henry Balfour] regarding the Goldsmid collection:
6 Feb 1925 letter from RGS [most likely the letter is from Hinks, Secretary of the RGS] to Balfour: 'We have here a considerable collection of things, mostly African, which were given us 26 years ago by Sir F. Goldsmid – fetishes, knives, swords, + all kind of things which are of no interest to us because we do not profess to keep any ethnological things in our Museum… [Hinks is going to ask Council for leave to dispose of the items to various museums – if Balfour is likely to be in London in next few days he would be glad to show him what there is]' [FL 25/4/2005]