- Created by
- DODY, Guadeloupean, founded 1973
- Date
- 2015
- Medium
- cotton, paper, and adhesive
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 9 1/2 × 10 × 10 1/2 in. (24.1 × 25.4 × 26.7 cm)
- Description
- A plaid headdress formed into a traditional Guadeloupian style. The red, blue, yellow, and white woven Madras style plaid cotton is formed and heat-set into a fixed structure with a portion rolled and gathered to fit over the crown of the head like a cap, and a decorative accordion-pleated fan reaching from ear to ear over the top of the head. The cap has a layer of medium-weight paper between the facing and lining Madras fabric to provide extra support. The raw edges of the fabric are hot-glued on the interior of the cap. A knot at the center back cap portion is also hot-glued, as is the back edge of the knot at the base of the fan. A manufacturer's tag reading "DODY" in white on a plaid ground is attached with a plastic tag to the proper left side of the fan near the cap.
- Place made
- Pointe-à-Pitre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America
- Cultural Place
- Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Asia
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- headdresses
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Joanne Hyppolite
- Object number
- 2015.153
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.