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Headdress trimmed with cowry shells
Headdress trimmed with cowry shells
Object Number 2004.24.17181
Display Title Headdress trimmed with cowry shells
Descriptions
Object Description Headdress - cloth trimmed with cowrie shells, etc. Liberia: Ziali (French side) - 4601. Ge Tribe (40-34-50/4601) = g. Cat Nos.: 40-34-50/4601 and 4603) = h. See: PM Papers, vol. XXXII, no. 2. Plate I, g and h
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Mask and Headdress
  • Ethnographic
Subject
  • Cloth
  • Headgear
  • Cowrie
  • Headdress
  • Shell
Department Photographic
Date 1944
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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