head-dress
- Museum number
- Af1901,1113.3
- Description
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(description from slip)
Head-dress of matted black human hair forming a kind of long oval pocket; to the back are fastened several ostrich feathers and a kind of hoop of cane.
- Production date
- 1889-1901 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 67 centimetres
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Width: 45 centimetres
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Depth: 10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Slip reads: 'Upper Nile, Suk tribe. The hair is partly the owner's and partly that of his ancestors. Collected by Mr H H Baker'. Baker has not yet been identified.
Register addition "Karamojo".
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1901
- Acquisition notes
- Af1901,1113.1 to 92 is a series of objects collected and given by Sir Harry Johnston. The original registration Slips are printed with 'Uganda Protectorate'.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1901,1113.3