Object Name: Beaded cap
Place of Origin: Nigeria
Cultural Group: Yoruba peoples
Materials Used: Glass beads, plant fiber, cotton cloth, cotton thread
Dimensions: H: 23 cm, W: 17.5 cm, D: 24 cm (H: 9.0 in, W: 6.8 in, D: 9.4 in)
Credit Line and Accession Number: Fowler Museum at UCLA. Museum Purchase. X96.3.10

Interlace, British style crown design on bishop’s miter shape with osu (tuft) at top in the form of ado (gourd).

Source: Drewal, H., Mason, J. (1998). “Beads, Body, and Soul – Art and Light in the Yoruba Universe”, Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History. page 211