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Shaman's head dress, malghai
Object Number 30-60-60/D3628
Display Title Shaman's head dress, malghai
Descriptions
Inventory Description Headdress, open metal helmet with antlers, shell decorated cloth hangers
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Buryat
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Mongolia
Materials Metal, Cotton, Silk, Ribbon, Leather, Cowrie, Thread, Dye
Dimensions Overall: 36.5 x 20.5 x 22 cm (14 3/8 x 8 1/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D-3628
Provenance
Collector Owen Lattimore (1930)

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