- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Headdress
- Cultural groups
- Igbo
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1932
- Date collected
- December 1932
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1942
- Materials and processes
- Material Bird Feather, Material Grass Fibre Plant, Material Wool Textile Animal, Material Plant Pith, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Animal Skin, Process Plaited, Process Basketry, Process Woven
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1942.13.731 Other numbers: 157
Search terms: Ornament, Clothing Headgear, Head Ornament, Headdress
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