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Headdress

This ecori headdress is made of leather. It is decorated with three leaf-shaped leather strips and a hanging made from iron beads, characteristic of the headdress of a wealthy married Herero woman. A headdress of this design, together with the rest of the leather garments, refers to the closeness of the Herero people to their cattle. Cattle guaranteed wealth and well-being and were regarded as independent personalities with magical abilities.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Herero
Object type
Kopfschmuck
Dimensions
Length: 1100.0 mm
Material/Technique
Iron, Leather
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
I/1810 b

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    1850 - 1899
  • Change of legal title:
    Donation
    when
    20.10.1934
  • Change of physical control or legal title
    where
    Africa (location/origin)
    Namibia (location/origin)
    who
    Elsbeth Wallau - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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CC0 1.0 DEED
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