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Feathered headdress, cerise and natural colored straw band
Feathered headdress, cerise and natural colored straw band
Object Number 39-39-50/3552
Display Title Feathered headdress, cerise and natural colored straw band
Descriptions
Indigenous Term njuli
Object Description Feathered headdress, cerise and natural colored straw band with 2 grey feathered attachments ("njuli")
Inventory Description Headband, pink and yellow wrapped fiber band, 2 feather bundles on loops 1 end
Classification
  • Headband
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials Fiber, Feather, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 29 x 16 x 5 cm (11 7/16 x 6 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/3552

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