- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Headdress (formerly described as a baby-carrier)
- Geographical reference
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1874
- Date collected
- Prior to 1874
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.4.8
Search terms: Clothing Headgear, Children and Childcare, Ornament, Transport and Travel, Headgear, Headdress, Baby-carrier
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