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Creole headscarf from embroidered cotton
According to the curator of the Surinam Museum (Paramaribo), Mr. L. van Putten (also connected to objects in this collection), this is a mourning headscarf.\nThe angisa is part of the traditional costume, the kotomisi of the Creole woman. This costume consists of jaki, koto and angisa. The angisa is folded in different ways, with the folding method having a particular meaning, known to 'insiders'.…
Type of item
- Object Type: headcloth (headgear)
- headcloth (headgear)
- Headcloth
Date
- voor 1963
Medium
- Material: cotton
- cotton (fiber)
- Cotton
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1963
Provenance
- 1963-01-01
- Aankoop
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/100484
Format
- Technique: weaving techniques
- textile techniques
- Weave
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- orange
- hair (material)
- wax
- ambergris
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-31T16:16:09.268Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T13:51:01.552Z