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Headdress

2007.08.0068

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Artifact Identification Headdress   (2007.08.0068)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Status Symbols
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1940-1945
Culture Maasai
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 61 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 45.5 cm
Dimension 3 (Length) 33.5 cm
Weight 332 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Animal--Skin--without Fur/Feathers/Scales, Animal--Feather, Animal--Skin--with Fur/Feathers/Scales, Plant
Manufacturing Processes Cutting, Sewing, Ropemaking, Piercing

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Arnoldi, Mary Jo and Christine Mullen Kreamer. Crowning Achievements: African Arts of Dressing the Head. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1995. Pp. 18-19, 115.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication N/A
Reproduction N/A

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