Feather cap | Photographer: Monika Gräwe, JGU Mainz
Attribution 4.0 InternationalFeather cap | Photographer: Monika Gräwe, JGU Mainz
Attribution 4.0 InternationalFeather cap | Photographer: Monika Gräwe, JGU Mainz
Attribution 4.0 InternationalFeather cap | Photographer: Larissa Arlt, JGU Mainz
Attribution 4.0 International
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Feather cap
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
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Cultural attribution
Jaunde
Object type
Mütze
Dimensions
U 49,5 cm H 9,5 cm Federn 10 cm
Material/Technique
Plant fibre, feathers (animal components)
knotted
knotted
Object genre
clothing and accessory
Current location
Sammlungen der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Inventory number
JGU ES 2519
Other number(s)
2519
Linden-Museum: 44475a
Linden-Museum: 44475a
Provenance and sources
when
before September 1906
where
Kamerun
who
uns nicht bekannt - Role not clarified
when
September-October 1906
where
Kamerun
Description
Prof Haberer (entry in the inventory book of the JGU Mainz Ethnographic Study Collection)
when
October 1906
where
Stuttgart
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.
when
15.12.1971
where
Stuttgart
Description
JGU Mainz received object in exchange with Linden-Museum.
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