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Feather cap

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knotted cap, with two loops at the lower edge, trimmed feathers of the Congo grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus erithacus) tied to the top of the cap; could be folded in to protect the feathers. Description in the inventory list of the Linden Museum: "1 war cap made of raffia e feathers, W.Af., Cameroon, Yaoundé"; Count Linden confirmed on 11 December 1906 "to have received from you [K. Haberer] a very pretty sign of life in the form of a feather-decorated war cap made of raffia from Yaoundé" (Linden Museum, Archive).

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Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Jaunde
Object type
Mütze
Dimensions
U 49.5 cm H 9.5 cm Feathers 10 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre, feathers (animal components) knotted
Object genre
clothing and accessory
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2519
Other number(s)
2519 (Old inventory number)
Linden-Museum: 44475a (Old inventory number)

Provenance and sources

  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Ethnographic study collection
  • Production
    when
    before September 1906
    where
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
    who
    uns nicht bekannt - Role not clarified
  • Change of physical control
    when
    September-October 1906
    where
    Kamerun
    Zentralafrika
    Afrika
    who
    Haberer, Karl Albert - Role not clarified
    Description
    Prof Haberer (entry in the inventory book of the JGU Mainz Ethnographic Study Collection)
  • Change of physical control:
    Donation
    when
    October 1906
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Owners
    Description
    K. Haberer donated the cap to the Linden Museum. Count von Linden thanks Haberer for the "war bonnet" in a letter dated 11 December 1906.
  • Change of physical control:
    Exchange
    when
    15.12.1971
    where
    Stuttgart
    Baden-Württemberg
    Deutschland
    who
    Linden-Museum Stuttgart - Former Owners
    Description
    JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.

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