Headdress

Museum number:
5-6049
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Circumcision headdress; cow hide band; decorated with white cowry shells above iron kamba chain tied with white and blue glass trade beads; four strand chain pendant; L. 52 cm.; w. 3 cm.
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Olorgesailie, Kenya
Culture or time period:
Maasai people
Collector:
Ronald J. Clarke
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headdresses
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1984-1985 #19: Merritt College (November 7, 1984–April 22, 1985)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Headdress, accession number 5-6049, described as Circumcision headdress; cow hide band; decorated with white cowry shells above iron kamba chain tied with white and blue glass trade beads; four strand chain pendant; L. 52 cm.; w. 3 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Headdress, accession number 5-6049, described as Circumcision headdress; cow hide band; decorated with white cowry shells above iron kamba chain tied with white and blue glass trade beads; four strand chain pendant; L. 52 cm.; w. 3 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 5-6049, described as Circumcision headdress; cow hide band; decorated with white cowry shells above iron kamba chain tied with white and blue glass trade beads; four strand chain pendant; L. 52 cm.; w. 3 cm.

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