Group of very fine white ostrich feathers, each only a few milimetres thick (fallen off wig 1992.19.75 .1) . [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 27/1/2006]

Collection type: Object
Description: Group of very fine white ostrich feathers, each only a few milimetres thick (fallen off wig 1992.19.75 .1) . [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 27/1/2006]
Geographical reference: Uganda
Africa > Eastern Africa > Uganda; Karamoja District
Cultural groups: Karamojong; Turkana
Person: Field collector Gordon Peter Waddell; PRM source Pippa Philpott
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1950
Date collected: 1950 - 1970
Acquisition information: Donated: 1992
Materials and processes: Material Bird Feather, Material String, Material Ostrich Feather Bird, Process Tied
Dimensions: Length: max 150 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1992.19.75.3
Research and responses: No tribal attribution given, but resembles Turkana wigs and hairstyles. (DOC)
Collector was a police officer in Uganda in the 1950s and 60s.

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