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Headdress

This headpiece has been made from numerous strips of reed and woven together with cotton thread. Long cotton threads adorned with small cotton balls and down feathers hang from the back of the headband. Women and girls wore this decorative attire on the occasion of festive dancing.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Pemón
Object type
Kopfschmuck
Dimensions
Diameter: 155.0 mm
Material/Technique
Cotton, Springs, Plant material
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
III/1079

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1911 - 1913
  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    10.10.1914
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    America

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Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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