Headdress; Leather, three bundles of ostrich plumes et on cylinders of women leather separated by sticks covered with red leather thong; cowries on cylinders are set in of about 35-40 each. Seven plaited strips decorated with two rows of cowries connect fringed bottom of camel headdress. Fringe is decorated with six triangles of cowries edged with blue plastic twine. Fringe also has woven row of blue plastic; plaited leather cord attaches to edge of headdress. 40 x 7 x 83 cm.
Donor:
Natalie Tobert and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Rizekat, Darfur province, Sudan
Verbatim coll. place:
Sudan; Darfur Province; Rizekat
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama