- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Basketry headdress trimmed with fur.
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Bosngun
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1937
- Date collected
- By 1937
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1938
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Fur Skin, Process Basketry
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.36.1497 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 1427
Search terms: Clothing Headgear, Ornament, Basketry, Dance, Headdress
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