Masai headdress

Headress, giraffe hair(?), Masai maker, Kenyan, 1870-1920

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Headress, giraffe hair(?), Masai maker, Kenyan, 1870-1920
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Headress, giraffe hair(?), Masai maker, Kenyan, 1870-1920

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Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657353
Materials:
skin and hair, giraffe(?)
Measurements:
double coiled: length 505 mm
width 280 mm
thickness 16 mm
type:
headdresses