Dancers Cap

A conical cap, made from tapa , or bark cloth, covered with red and black cloth, and surmounted by a tuft of animal hair. It resembles caps worn by dancers and public performers, such's sampa dancers of the Sande and Bundu societies.

Further Information

• Type: Costume, dress
• Object: Dancers Cap
• Materials: Vegetable, organic fibre, Textile, No Data / Other
• Culture Group: Mende
• Dimensions: 430mm
• Production Date: Pre 1910
• Associated Places: Sierra Leone: Sherbro District (Created and collected)
• Associated People: L. Probyn (Donor); G. W. Page (Collector)
• Museum: World Museum Liverpool Sierra Leone Collection
• Accession Number: LIVCM.17.12.10.21

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