Cloth headdress resembling a tea-cosy

Made:
1880-1900
Cloth headdress resembling a tea-cosy

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Cloth headdress resembling a tea-cosy
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Cloth headdress resembling a tea-cosy, red cotton decoration with cowrie shells, grass fringe, surmounted by tuff of grey feathers, Sierra Leone, 1880-1900

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657340
Materials:
cloth, cotton, cowrie, feather, grass, hide and felt
type:
headdresses
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)