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1971.34.83

Headdress consisting of tail hairs, relatively coarse, with strip of skin. Two white cowries, back knocked off and mounted with speculum facing outwards, backed by piece of paper. Two-strand twisted pale coloured attachment cord.

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1971.34.83

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Collection type
Object
Description
Headdress consisting of tail hairs, relatively coarse, with strip of skin. Two white cowries, back knocked off and mounted with speculum facing outwards, backed by piece of paper. Two-strand twisted pale coloured attachment cord.
Cultural groups
Nyamwezi
Person
Field collector J.D.H. Collinson
PRM source J.D.H. Collinson
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1970
Date collected
1970
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1971
Materials and processes
Material Hair, Material Skin, Material Cowrie Shell, Material Paper Plant, Material String, Process Twisted
Dimensions
Length 280 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1971.34.83

Search terms: Ornament, Clothing Headgear, Ritual and Ceremonial, Religion, Status, Headdress

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