Headband

Museum number:
5-14235
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014235
Accession number:
Acc.3650
Description:
Headband. "Tlamwa-tlanu" (skin of python). Brass chains hanging from strip of python skin. Length 24 centimeters. Made by killing python with spear, drying skin, attaching chains. Made by men only. Context of use: used by men or women (married or unmarried), worn when visiting another village or for dancing. Currently used only by people who live in remote areas [as of 1981 collection date].
Donor:
Jean Colvin and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Mbulu District, Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanzania; Mbulu district; Ashan-Guwang village; Iraqwq
Culture or time period:
Iraqw People
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headbands (headgear)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
August 1982
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 5-14235, described as Headband. "Tlamwa-tlanu" (skin of python). Brass chains hanging from strip of python skin. Length 24 centimeters. Made by killing python with spear, drying skin, attaching chains. Made by men only. Context of use: used by men or women (married or unmarried), worn when visiting another village or for dancing. Currently used only by people who live in remote areas [as of 1981 collection date].
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headband, accession number 5-14235, described as Headband. "Tlamwa-tlanu" (skin of python). Brass chains hanging from strip of python skin. Length 24 centimeters. Made by killing python with spear, drying skin, attaching chains. Made by men only. Context of use: used by men or women (married or unmarried), worn when visiting another village or for dancing. Currently used only by people who live in remote areas [as of 1981 collection date].

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