This prestige hat (iyol), made from woven raffia fibre in a coiled weave composition, would have been worn by a titled Kuba soldier.
Stylistically, the hat relates to the basic laket form, but is more coarsely sewn with larger ‘ears’ that are trimmed with four prominent rounded raffia fibre tufts.
Ex European Private Collection
Estimated Period: Early 20th Century
CBD.GHO
