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Object Number
40-34-50/4603
Display Title
Headdress
Descriptions
Object Description
Headdress - cloth trimmed with cowrie shells, small colored beads and tufts of worsted.
Inventory Description
Headdress, rectangular strap, bead and shell deco, wool tassles and fringe.
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Ge
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Liberia
Additional Geographic Terms
West Africa
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Bead, Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 95 x 23 x 3 cm (37 3/8 x 9 1/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-34-50/4603
Provenance
Collector
Dr. George W. Harley
(1939 - 1940)
Seller
Dr. George W. Harley
(1939-1940)
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 40-34-50/4600 | Headdress for a mask |
Headdress
|
Liberia
Ivory Coast | |
Media Restricted
| 99-12-10/53047 | Side-fold dress |
Dress
|
United States
| |
| 40-34-50/4601 | Headdress |
Headdress
|
Liberia
| |
| 40-34-50/4598 | Headdress |
Headdress
|
Liberia
| |
| 40-34-50/4602 | Headdress for a mask |
Headdress
|
Liberia
Ivory Coast | |
| 999-9-50/12822 | Dyed fiber head covering |
Headdress
|
Mali
| |
| 40-34-50/4595 | Headdress. "Kombo." |
Headdress
|
Liberia
| |
| 40-34-50/4599 | Headdress for a mask |
Headdress
|
Liberia
Ivory Coast | |
| 40-34-50/4597 | Headdress |
Headdress
|
Liberia
| |
| 31-22-50/B5004 | Dancer's mask |
Mask
|
Belgian Congo
| |
| 2004.24.17181 | Headdress trimmed with cowry shells |
Liberia
| ||
| 2013.24.28 | Tocoyal, women's headdress, braided, red with multicolored tufts and geometric designs at the ends |
Headdress
|
Coban
|