Headdress | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Headdress
This headdress consists of numerous strips of reed pieced together and interwoven with cotton thread. Long lines of cotton thread, adorned with small cotton balls, feathers as well as seeds, pearls and tassels affixed to string, dangle from the back of the headband. This type of decorative headwear is worn by women and girls at dances.
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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Cultural attribution
Wapishana
Object type
Kopfschmuck
Dimensions
Durchmesser: 160.0 mm
Material/Technique
Plant material
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
III/1087
Provenance and sources
when
1911 - 1913
when
10.10.1914
where
Guyana (location/origin)
Guyana (location/origin)
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