Soft cotton and cloth headdress

Soft cotton and cloth headdress, like that of a jester's cap

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Soft cotton and cloth headdress, like that of a jester's cap
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Soft cotton and cloth headdress, like that of a jester's cap, red cotton strips sewn to blue and buff striped cloth, cowrie shell decoration, three antelope horns at front, Sudanese, 1880-1900

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657335
Materials:
cloth, cotton, hide, cowrie, horn, antelope and mirror, glass
type:
headdresses
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)