Leather framed ostrich feather headdress worn round the face

Made:
1871-1900 in Africa

Leather framed ostrich feather headdress worn round the face, oval frame with straps, Masai tribe, maker, East African, 1871-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657330
Materials:
leather and feather, ostrich
Measurements:
overall: length 640 mm
frame: length 380 mm
overall: width 370 mm
frame: width 195 mm
frame: thickness 11 mm
type:
headdresses
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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