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Woman's broad, circular, flat-topped head-dress, "isicholo", composed of human hair stretched and sewn onto a cloth and basketry frame and painted with red pigment. A woollen band with black and white chevron pattern is sewn onto the rim of the aperture on the underside of the head-dress.
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