Medicine man's headdress or bonnet

Medicine man's headdress or bonnet, animal skin decorated with tufts of hair, Basutoland, South Africa, 1890-1930

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657929
Materials:
skin, animal and hair, hyena
Measurements:
length 360 mm
width 120 mm
thickness 45 mm
type:
headdresses
credit:
Christol, F.