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Headdress
A wreath-shaped headdress made from a V-shaped bent rattan ring. The ring is tightly wrapped with twisted rope. Under the rope are many long and thick fringes of coconut fiber tied. The headdress is used during the initiation ritual of the Kakihan Alliance. After the initiation ritual the youngsters are part of the Kakihan alliance.
Type of item
- Object Type: accessories worn on the head
- accessories worn on the head
- Headdress
Date
- voor 1923
Medium
- Material: reed
- reed
- Reed
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1923
Provenance
- 1923-01-01
- Schenking
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/62256
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- coconut fiber
- wicker
- ambergris
- rope
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