- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Sorcerer's headdress.
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Sukuma
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1953
- Date collected
- From 1951-1958
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1958
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Skin, Material Animal Hair, Material Animal Hide Skin
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 340 mm approx
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1958.11.44
Search terms: Divination Religion, Clothing Headgear, Ritual and Ceremonial, Ornament, Headdress
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