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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.

Data Provider
Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Wapishana
Object type
Kopfschmuck
Dimensions
Diameter: 160.0 mm
Material/Technique
Cotton, Glass beads, Fruit bowl, Plant material
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
III/1087

Provenance and sources

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

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED
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