Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card 1937.448 A-E: 'Man's costume in five pieces. A) Jodphurs made of white cotton (?calico). B) "Shumma" - a strip of loosely-woven, thin, cotton cloth, decorated with woven-in silk strips in green, yellow, black, purple and red. C) Circular cape of black sheep's wool, with V-shaped opening for head and short opening in lower part of front. The openings are bound with red leather. D) Grey felt hat of Sombrero type. European make. (Label: "Maison H. Minassian Diré Daoua"). E) Fly whisk of fine white hair, with handle of twisted horsehair.'

Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Catalogue card, from donor's letter: 'I have an Abyssinian man's costume, consisting of the big sheep's wool cloak, shumma, white jodphurs, large hat and fly switch, which I acquired when I was with H. M. Consul at Harar, Abyssinia, in 1934.'

Event Date 1934
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
White piece of cloth embroidered with several bands in different colours
Event Date 20/6/2005
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Shumma. Strip of loosely-woven, thin, cotton cloth, decorated with woven, patterned bands of silk in green, yellow, black, purple and red. Part of a group with 1937.448 A-E.
Event Date 24/2/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe