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)
Brown felt hooded cape with red leather on the edges and around the opening for the face.
Event Date 20/6/2005
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
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 and there is a strip of embroidered decoration below the head opening. Part of a group with 1937.448 A-E.
Event Date 24/2/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Conservation (Freezing)
CON.2022.5390 | Freezing
Event Date 14/6/2022
Author: Ayesha Fuentes