Kongo. Hat (Mpu), late 19th century. Fiber, 9 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (22.9 x 13.0 x 13.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 22.1610. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1610_front_PS5.jpg)
Kongo. Hat (Mpu), late 19th century. Fiber, 9 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (22.9 x 13.0 x 13.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 22.1610. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.1610_bw.jpg)
Hat (Mpu)
Arts of Africa
CULTURE
Kongo
MEDIUM
Fiber
DATES
late 19th century
DIMENSIONS
9 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (22.9 x 13.0 x 13.0 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of Africa
ACCESSION NUMBER
22.1610
CREDIT LINE
Brooklyn Museum Collection
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Tall bell shaped body in knotted & plied construction, beautifully executed in fine yarn. Surface decoration of raised diamond shaped ribbing. Some spaces are filled with small raised dots which follow diamond outlines, others with raised over-and-under woven pattern and dots. The bottom opening is an undecorated band. Probably related in technique to hats 22.1606 and 22.1626.
Condition: Very good. Fibers strong and knotted structure intact. Slight staining in some areas. white powder is embedded in the surface. At the point where the final coarse of knots connected to the row above it, the structure has been slightly damaged.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Kongo. Hat (Mpu), late 19th century. Fiber, 9 x 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (22.9 x 13.0 x 13.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, 22.1610. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.22.1610_front_PS5.jpg)
IMAGE
front, CUR.22.1610_front_PS5.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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