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Description: | Ceremonial headdress, worn by men of high status. It would have been commissioned from an individual who specialises in beadwork and leatherwork.
Late nineteenth/early twentieth century ceremonial headdress worn by men of high status, likely made from the tail of a colobus monkey. Triple line of cowries are sewn up the front and around the rim. Chin-strap of leather, sewn with double line of cowries. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | cowrie shell fur ceremonial clothing Luo leather hair War- and Peace-making | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-5246 |
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