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Feathered headdress, tan and black feathers with fibre attachment ("njuli")
Feathered headdress, tan and black feathers with fibre attachment ("njuli")
Object Number 39-39-50/3547
Display Title Feathered headdress, tan and black feathers with fibre attachment ("njuli")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term njuli
Inventory Description Headdress, black, blue, yellow feathers radiating from fiber cord
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bwamba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Bundibugyo; Fort Portal, 40 miles west of
Materials Feather, Fiber, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 5.4 x 51 x 40.2 cm (2 1/8 x 20 1/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/3547

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