Carrier's head pad.

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Object Number 49-14-50/8394

Display Title Carrier's head pad.

Descriptions

Inventory Description Head pad, ring shaped, leaf wrapped vegetable fiber

Classification

Accessory

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Nchenachena
Lambia

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Nyasaland

Additional Geographic Terms Nchenachena

Materials Leaf, Vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 23.2 x 22.7 x 5.5 cm (9 1/8 x 8 15/16 x 2 3/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 49-14-50/8394

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