- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Headdress
- Geographical reference
- Karamojong 30 miles SE of Moroto Atumatak
- Cultural groups
- Jiye
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1980
- Date collected
- By 1980
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1980
- Materials and processes
- Material Clay, Material Hair, Material String, Material Wood Plant, Material Iron Metal, Material Pigment, Process Incised, Process Painted
- Dimensions
- Height 135 mm, Width 160 mm internal, Length 198 mm internal
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1980.13.1
Search terms: Ornament, Clothing Headgear, Status, Headdress
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