- 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]
- 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
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