Headdress

Museum number:
5-7893
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007893
Alternate number:
182 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Object count:
1
Description:
Native name: Ameyan Head dress; black ostrich feathers bound at base with raffia; crescent shape; height: 28 m; length: 39 cm. Worn by men for festive occasions Made by men
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moroto, Northern Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Moroto; Karamojong (Murdock 43:21)
Culture or time period:
Karamojong
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
April 1967
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Headdresses
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Headdress, accession number 5-7893, described as Native name: Ameyan Head dress; black ostrich feathers bound at base with raffia; crescent shape; height: 28 m; length: 39 cm. Worn by men for festive occasions Made by menHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Headdress, accession number 5-7893, described as Native name: Ameyan Head dress; black ostrich feathers bound at base with raffia; crescent shape; height: 28 m; length: 39 cm. Worn by men for festive occasions Made by men
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 5-7893, described as Native name: Ameyan Head dress; black ostrich feathers bound at base with raffia; crescent shape; height: 28 m; length: 39 cm. Worn by men for festive occasions Made by men

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