Live Auction 1546The Raglan Collection: Wellington, Waterloo and The Crimea And Works of Art from the Collection of the Marquesses of Londonderry
AN AFRICAN HAT
Lot 274

AN AFRICAN HAT

EAST AFRICA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed23 May 2014

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GBP 4,000

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AN AFRICAN HAT
EAST AFRICA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Rare hat made out of human hair and ornamented with round patches of white beads; together with four rattan hats, two helmets covered with brass; and leather shoes
10 in. (25.5 cm.) diameter

The following items from this lot were loaned to the Sudan Government Museum on 30 April 1918 under the following descriptions:
3. Lotuko helmets complete with brass ornaments; 4. Ditto; 5. Hat from Loboya, human hair ornamented with round patches of white beads.