Animal skin headdress

Made:
1880-1905
Animal skin headdress, soft

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Animal skin headdress, soft
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Animal skin headdress, soft, resembles headgear of 18th century fusilier, rounded top, decorated with cowrie shells, red and blue cloth bands, fibre fringe cloth panel at back, Sierra Leone, 1880-1905

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657337
Materials:
skin, animal, cloth and cowrie
type:
headdresses
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)