Subject: chief
Culture: Mangbetu
Setting: Mangbetu kingdom, central Africa 18-19thc
Object: hat
* Brooklyn Museum > Africa
"Man's Hat Unidentified Mangbetu artist, early 20th century
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Vegetal fiber, guinea fowl(/) feathers ...
Mangbetu men and women of high status traditionally wore hats made of fiber with a circular base and a rectangular or hexagonal top. They were decorated with feathers, usually from birds found in the high forest areas, but occasionally from domestic fowl, as in this example."
