Auction 104 After sale
Zemanek-Münster

Headdress

Sudan
not available anymore
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

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