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1923.88.295

Carnival headdress: a circlet of cane twined together with plant fibre string, with streamers of warp-faced cotton and wool bands in red, yellow, purple and white. Wool binding and feathers now missing. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 28/9/2005]

1923.88.295

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Collection type
Object
Description
Carnival headdress: a circlet of cane twined together with plant fibre string, with streamers of warp-faced cotton and wool bands in red, yellow, purple and white. Wool binding and feathers now missing. [LM 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 28/9/2005]
Geographical reference
Colombia
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Colombia
Sibundoy Valley
Cultural groups
Camsá
Person
Field collector Ronald Hawkesby Thomas
PRM source Ronald Hawkesby Thomas
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1923
Date collected
By 1923
Acquisition information
Donated: 1923
Materials and processes
Material Cane Plant, Material Bird Feather, Material Wool Textile Animal, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Bead, Process Bound, Process Tied, Process Twined Woven
Dimensions
Length: max 720 mm streamers, Diameter: max 280 mm circlet
Object numbers
Accession number: 1923.88.295

Search terms: Ornament, Clothing Headgear, Ritual and Ceremonial, Head Ornament, Headdress

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