Cotton Surinamese-Creole headscarf with Christian motifs

Headscarf with a Christian head motif, making it likely that the cloth was worn on a Christian holiday. Identical to headscarf TM-3325-213.\nAngisa's are starched cotton printed cloths.Through these headgear, women in Suriname passed 'secret' (though known to all 'insiders') messages to each other through various ways of folding, the pattern and possibly the name of the cloth. \Angisas are almost …