Prestige Head Adornment

Prestige Head Adornment. Karamajong Culture, Uganda

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This prestige head adornment, decorated with hair, cowrie shells and ostrich plumes, would have been worn by a Karamajong man as a symbol of rank and status.

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Ex Colin Henshaw Collection, London

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H (Incl. Feathers): 45cm

H (Shell of Head Adornment): 17cm

W (Incl. Feathers): 63cm

W (Shell of Head Adornment): 20cm