Headdress

Museum number:
5-6062
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Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Headdress; 11 bird skins stuffed with sisal and tied to stick bent into circle; 38 x 36 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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 5-6062, described as Headdress; 11 bird skins stuffed with sisal and tied to stick bent into circle; 38 x 36 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 5-6062, described as Headdress; 11 bird skins stuffed with sisal and tied to stick bent into circle; 38 x 36 cm.

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