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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

On display?

No

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