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1983.20.5

Headdress. [El.B 22/04/2008]

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1983.20.5

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Collection type
Object
Description
Headdress. [El.B 22/04/2008]
Long description
The headdress is woven from brown wool with blue and yellow patterns and a fringe at the bottom. At the top is a thick tassel of wool and two pendants. The whole headdress is decorated with cowrie shells, buttons and beads. [El.B 22/04/2008]
Geographical reference
Pakistan
Asia > Southern Asia > Pakistan
North-West Frontier province Chitral
Cultural groups
Kalash
Person
Field collector Peter S.C. Parkes
PRM source Peter S.C. Parkes
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1983
Date collected
By 1983
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1983
Materials and processes
Material Cowrie Shell, Material Wool Textile Animal, Material Bead, Material Metal, Process Stitched, Process Embroidered, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length: max 680 mm, Width: max 320 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1983.20.5
Associated publications
Illustrated in colour on page 11 of The Friends of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford Newsletter, no. 73 (February 2012), where it illustrates an announcement about the PRM Friends' forthcoming events. [JC 23 3 2012]

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

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