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1968.20.156

Hair ornament. [ASh [OPS move] 2/11/2016]

1968.20.156

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Collection type
Object
Description
Hair ornament. [ASh [OPS move] 2/11/2016]
Long description
Hair ornament. Comprised of a small ostrich feather plume fitted through small copper coin into leather nub from which is a long thin metal spike, bound at plume end with wire. [ASh [OPS move] 2/11/2016]
Geographical reference
Kenya
Africa > Eastern Africa > Kenya
Chesegon
Cultural groups
Pokot
Person
Field collector Jean Brown Sassoon
PRM source Jean Brown Sassoon
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1968
Date collected
1968
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1968
Materials and processes
Material Metal, Material Copper Metal, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Ostrich Feather Bird, Material Metal Wire, Process Bound, Process Recycled
Dimensions
Height: max 27 mm, Width: max 134 mm, Length: max 225 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1968.20.156 Other numbers: S135

Search terms: Ornament, Toilet, Body Art, Hair Ornament, Toilet Article, Body Art Accessory