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.
Ex Colin Henshaw Collection, London
H (Incl. Feathers): 45cm
H (Shell of Head Adornment): 17cm
W (Incl. Feathers): 63cm
W (Shell of Head Adornment): 20cm
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