Headdress Item Number: Aa8 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Brown leather base set with numerous twisted sisal fibre and trade items of grey chains, grey keys, and multi-coloured beads in strands of white; red; green, red, and blue; and red and yellow.
History Of Use
Men wore this headpiece while dancing. The trade pieces of chain and bead were rubbed with fat.
Cultural Context
dancing
Item History
- Made in Okavango Swamps, Botswana
- Collected between 1967 and 1975
- Owned by Frank A. Gaudin before September 15, 1975
- Received from Frank A. Gaudin (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on September 15, 1975
What
- Name
- Headdress
- Identification Number
- Aa8
- Type of Item
- headdress
- Material
- metal, glass, sisal fibre and leather skin
- Manufacturing Technique
- twisted, knotted, pierced and strung
- Overall
- height 29.0 cm, width 26.0 cm, depth 4.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Khoisan ?
- Previous Owner
- Frank A. Gaudin
- Received from
- Frank A. Gaudin (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Okavango Swamps, Botswana
When
- Collection Date
- between 1967 and 1975
- Ownership Date
- before September 15, 1975
- Acquisition Date
- on September 15, 1975
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0287/0008