Hat Item Number: 3600/8 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Red dome-shaped hat with blue decorative band around sides. Pattern along band has central design of a vertical line with a square in the centre, framed on either side by alternating rectangles. Designs in rectangles alternate between stripes and vertical arrows with horizontal bars. Designs on band are done in red; interior of hat is unlined.
Purchased by Peter Oberlander on his frequent trips to Africa, sometime between 1958-1990. Oberlander was teaching and consulting in Ghana, and consulting for the UN in Nigeria and Kenya.