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    "localId": "94908",
    "label": "Hat (laket mishiing) with a pin",
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    "id": "94908",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Hat (laket mishiing) with a pin",
    "description": "Titled Kuba men and prominent women wear the <em>laket</em>, a small ornate dome-shaped hat. An essential fashion item of adult men in good social standing, it focuses special attention on the head as a significant marker of individual identity, ethnic affiliation, status, and role in society. This prestige object is secured on the crown of the head with a nine-and-a-half-inch metal pin that pierces through the hat onto a clump of hair. The laket is made from undyed raffia palm fiber that was then coiled into threads and woven. There are two examples of the laket: the plain type with the flat top, and the more elaborate type called the<em> laket mishiing</em>.",
    "date": "early 1900s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.466",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79475771"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Garment"
    ],
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    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.466/1915.466_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 10.8 x 16.8 cm (4 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba-style maker"
    ],
    "accession": "1915.466"
}

{
    "tec": "Raffia, metal, and dye",
    "tombstone": "Hat (laket mishiing) with a pin, early 1900s. Africa, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kuba-style maker. Raffia, metal, and dye; overall: 10.8 x 16.8 cm (4 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1915.466",
    "collection": "African Art",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. <em>Second Careers : Two Tributaries in African Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 19, fig. 4.",
            "url": "https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1090438741"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. <em>Second Careers : Two Tributaries in African Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2019",
            "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 19, fig. 4.",
            "url": "https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1090438741"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1915.466",
    "creditline": "Educational Purchase Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:03:33.045000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1915.466/1915.466_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 94908,
    "dept": "African Art",
    "coll": "African Art",
    "med": "Raffia, metal, and dye",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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