Context (Related Documents)
There are two catalogue cards for 1922.1122. Both cards read: 'Bangana tribe'. The modern catalogue card queries the place as: 'Congo Brazzaville?'.
Event Date
Author: Remke van der Velden

Description (Labels & Markings)
Old label tied to object reads: 'River Logone S.E. of Chad. [On Reverse] Cent. Africa Banana people, further north of FAng'.
Event Date
Author: Jane Pettitt

Context (Field collection)
Note in Accession Register: 'according to Donor the Bangana are of Fang origin.'

Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Historic catalogue card for 1922.1122 reads: 'Helmet - made of plaited fibre'.
Event Date 1922
Author: maa

Conservation (Repack)
CON.2015.1759 | Repack
Event Date 1/7/2015
Author: cft31

Description (Physical description)
Helmet made of plaited plant-fibre cord. Crescent shaped. High ridge down centre.
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Helmet made of plaited plant fibre cord. Crescent shaped, with a high longitudinal ridge in the centre and a domed coil on each side. Three chin straps of twisted fibre attached to the centre of each coil on the inside. Loop of twisted fibre through the top of the ridge. Black staining to a section of the fibre on one side.
Event Date 25/11/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Amendments / updates)
The catalogue card notes this as coming from the 'Logone River, S.E. of Chad' which would place it in what is now the Central African Republic. The Cultural Group is given as 'Bangana', which could refer to the Banda people who live in this region.
Event Date 11/8/2022
Author: Mark Elliott

Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2023.5632 | Freezing
Event Date 31/3/2023
Author: Ayesha Fuentes