Visor Kufi Cap
Object
Cap
Production date
2004
Object number
2008.179
Physical Description
Rastafarian knitted cap. Yellow, red, green and black
Material
Cotton
Exhibition Label
From 'Hackney's Got Style: Celebrating the History and Impact of African and Caribbean Fashion & Hair'
Rastafarianism is an Africa-centered religion that developed in the 1930s in Jamaica, following the crowning of Haile Selassie as King of Ethiopia. Believers refrain from cutting their hair and instead twist it into dreadlocks. Many outside the religion have adopted locks for political reasons.
This hat, from Ridley Road Market, represent several key parts of Rasta symbolism.The colours reference the Ethiopian flag.
“ Now Rastafarianism used to be persecuted in Jamaica and if you had locks or the image of a Rastafarian you couldn’t walk in Jamaica, you used to get attacked. That’s the reason why the hats came because you can wrap your locks.” – Milton Dillon
Rastafarianism is an Africa-centered religion that developed in the 1930s in Jamaica, following the crowning of Haile Selassie as King of Ethiopia. Believers refrain from cutting their hair and instead twist it into dreadlocks. Many outside the religion have adopted locks for political reasons.
This hat, from Ridley Road Market, represent several key parts of Rasta symbolism.The colours reference the Ethiopian flag.
“ Now Rastafarianism used to be persecuted in Jamaica and if you had locks or the image of a Rastafarian you couldn’t walk in Jamaica, you used to get attacked. That’s the reason why the hats came because you can wrap your locks.” – Milton Dillon
On display?
No
Inscription
Visor Kufi Cap. Ultra stretch all sizes