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Object Number
50-84-50/8762
Display Title
Woman's headdress made of skin, rubbed with lukolo bark and grease
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Headdress, metal beads and punctate designs on leather element, animal hair
Classification
- Headdress
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Herero
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Namibia
/
Kunene
/
Kaokoveld
Additional Geographic Terms
Ohopoho region
Materials
Leather, Metal, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 77 x 18.5 x 12.8 cm (30 5/16 x 7 5/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50-84-50/8762
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