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1942.13.440

Headdress of coiled basketry covered with white and brown feathers. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/12/2005]

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1942.13.440

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Collection type
Object
Description
Headdress of coiled basketry covered with white and brown feathers. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 6/12/2005]
Geographical reference
Cameroon
Africa > Central Africa > Cameroon
Bamenda
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1942
Date collected
By 1942
Acquisition information
Donated: 1942
Materials and processes
Material Plant Fibre, Material Bird Feather, Process Coiled, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Diameter: max 600 mm, Height: max 320 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1942.13.440 Other numbers: 524 440
Research and responses

Andrew Gosler and Juan Gonzalez, during a research visit, thought that the feathers were fowl feathers not chicken feathers. They thought that the feathers were all from the same species and noted that the feathers were split along the shaft. [ROH 07/03/2012]

Search terms: Clothing Headgear, Ornament, Basketry, Headdress, Head Ornament, Hat