- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pigtail or hair ornament of plaited plant fibre, two strands with tassels [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/6/2005]
- Person
- Field collector Antoinette Powell-Cotton
- Field collector Diana Powell-Cotton
- PRM source Antoinette Powell-Cotton
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1936
- Date collected
- 1936 - 1937
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1940
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Fibre, Process Plaited
- Dimensions
- Length: max 940 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1940.7.290 Other numbers: 36.1863
Search terms: Ornament, Clothing Headgear, Ritual and Ceremonial, Hair Ornament, Wig, Headdress
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