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Perspectives Modernity

Travails of the Traveling Hats: From the Congo to The Met

Sep 26, 2022 5 MINUTES

Discover the journey of forty-seven caps and headdresses from Central Africa’s Congo River basin to The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. 

Narrator and Writer: Wendy A. Grossman 
Producer: Melissa Bell 
Editor and Camera: Aurola Wedman Alfaro 
Production Coordinator: Lela Jenkins