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
Travails of the Traveling Hats: From the Congo to The Met
Discover the journey of 47 caps and headdresses from Central Africa’s Congo River basin to The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.
Wendy A. Grossman
5 min. watch
Contributors
Wendy A. Grossman
Independent scholar and Andrew W. Mellon Senior Fellow, Director's Office (2020–21)
Independent scholar and Andrew W. Mellon Senior Fellow, Director's Office (2020–21)
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