- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Head band made from a strip of cane, tied with twisted plant fibre cords [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/9/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Wola
- Person
- Field collector Paul Sillitoe
- PRM source Trustees of the British Museum
- PRM source British Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1978
- Date collected
- 1976 - 1978
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1979
- Materials and processes
- Material Cane Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Twisted, Process Looped
- Dimensions
- Length: max 625 mm, Width: max 20 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1979.21.10
Search terms: Ornament, Head Ornament, Hair Ornament
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