West African Hat, Fulani People, Western Edge of Chad to Atlantic Coast

Conical woven basketry hat which has been completely covered with layers of etched and coloured leather, having a long decorated leather chinstrap which terminates in a tassle. It would have been worn by the Wodaabe, a nomadic cattle-herder subgroup of the Fulani people, stretching from the western edge of Chad to the Atlantic Coast

Height 28cm

Diameter 36cm