Headdress

Unidentified Bunyoro maker

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late 19th-early 20th century

Leather and cowries

Overall: 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

39.64.6805

Geography

Place Made: Western Uganda, Uganda, Eastern Africa, Africa

Period

19th century

Object Name

Clothing: Headwear

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Provenance

Museum and Art Gallery Reading, England; sold to present collection, 1939.

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