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1940.7.291

Headdress; 5 braided cords of ?plant fibre covered with ?ochre and tied together at one end. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 10/10/2005]


1940.7.291

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Collection type
Object
Description
Headdress; 5 braided cords of ?plant fibre covered with ?ochre and tied together at one end. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 10/10/2005]
Geographical reference
Southern Angola Cuamato
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, Material Ochre, Material Hair, Process Braided
Dimensions
Length: max 740 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1940.7.291 Other numbers: 36.2126

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