- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Bark cloth head-dress (head band)
- Cultural groups
- Semai
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1891
- Date collected
- By 1891
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1891
- Materials and processes
- Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Process Beaten
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1891.55.61
Search terms: Clothing Headgear, Ornament, Barkcloth, Headdress, Head Ornament
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