- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Basketry headdress.
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Bosngun
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1937
- Date collected
- By 1937
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1938
- Materials and processes
- Process Basketry
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.36.1496 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1426
Search terms: Clothing Headgear, Ornament, Basketry, Headdress
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