Headdress · Sudan · ID: 3030470
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Size
H: 29 cm, B: 11 cm
H: 11.4 inch, B: 4.3 inch
Description
plant fibre plait, coated with real hair and sewn with cowrie snails on the outside, animal horn on top, plaited band of fabric at the chin for fixing, on metal base;
the headdress was worn around the head with the shield-shaped projection above the forehead.
Comparing literature
Serra, David &Mercedes, Joyas del Africa Oriental, 206, p. 76, ill. 77