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1933.97.1

Bison-horn headdress with feather decoration.

1933.97.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bison-horn headdress with feather decoration.
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Madhya Pradesh Jagdalpur
Cultural groups
Dandami Maria
Person
Field collector Wilfred Harold Shoobert
PRM source Wilfred Harold Shoobert
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1933
Date collected
By 1933
Acquisition information
Donated: 1933 Found unentered: 1985
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Bison Cattle Horn Animal, Material Bird Feather, Material Peacock Feather Bird, Material Cowrie Shell, Material Mirror Glass, Material Wool Yarn Animal, Process Basketry, Process Covered, Process Embroidered, Process Woven
Dimensions
Depth: max 500 mm, Width: max 500 mm, Height 980 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1933.97.1
Research and responses

According to the Encyclopedia Britannica Online, Bastar was the name of a former princely state. [CW 22/3/2000]

Search terms: Clothing Headgear, Ornament, Dance, Marriage, Basketry, Headdress, Dance Accessory

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