Record

Collection	ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection
Object Name	Hat
	Cap
	Garment
Object Number	ABDUA:58905
Other Number	H75+1
Other Number Type	old number
Brief Description	Cap, made from the skin from the neck/ breast of the Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) stretched around a cane former, and attached to former with vegetable fibre.
Dimensions	H: 75 x Diam ( at widest point): 242mm
Materials	Pelican skin, fathers, cane, vegetable fibre
Condition	Good
Completeness	Complete
Maker	Beafodda?
Place Key	Africa, West Africa, Nigeria?
Field Collector	Burnett, Sir Charles Stuart. (KCB, CBE, DSO)
Inscription Content	Vellum lable attached to cap reads 'Bearfodda cap made of pelican skin, 2'.
Aquisition Source	Burnett, Lady Sibyl. M. (Barra Castle, Oldmeldrum)
Aquisition Date	17/05/1948

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