Woman’s Headdress

2010.01.0377

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Woman’s Headdress   (2010.01.0377)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Personal Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Clothing
  4. :
  5. Headwear
Artist/Maker None
Geographic Location
Period/Date 1970 - 1998
Culture Lambani, Banjara

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Height) 29 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 20 cm
Dimension 3 (Height) 3.5 cm
Weight 294 g
Measuring Remarks Height does not include fringe on bottom.
Materials Textile, Metal, Animal--Shell, Glass
Manufacturing Processes Weaving, Sewing, Embroidering, Cast
Munsell Color Information N/A

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda

P. 155, Woman’s Headpiece, Gulbarga or Bijapur districts, Karnataka. Located at Museum of International Folk Art. Image in Mud, Mirror and Thread edited by Nora Fisher.

Bibliography

Fisher, Nora, ed. Mud, Mirror and Thread: Folk Traditions of Rural India. Middletown, NJ: Grantha Corporation, 1995.

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication Kieffer-Lopez Collection
Reproduction No
Reproduction Information N/A

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