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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.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cultural attribution
Pemón
Object type
Kopfschmuck
Dimensions
Durchmesser: 155.0 mm
Material/Technique
Plant material
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
III/1079

Provenance and sources

when
1911 - 1913

when
10.10.1914

where
Guyana (location/origin)
Guyana (location/origin)
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