DepartmentTextiles-Asia
Married woman's headdress
NameHeaddress
CultureLomi Akha
Date21st century
Place madeMyanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
Place madeThailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
MediumCotton, metal, glass beads, bamboo, feathers (chicken)
Dimensions24 × 11 7/16 × 9 7/16 in. (61 × 29 × 24 cm)
Credit LineGift of Karen F. Beall and Dale K. Haworth
Object numberA.2015.65.16a-e
DescriptionHeaddress is composed of a round cotton cap covered in aluminum studs (chukhaw) and framed around the face with hollow silver balls, coins and starnds of beads. The large trapezoidal plate fixed at the back is wood covered in metal decorated in designs.Strips of cotton covered in coins, silver and beads hand down the front under the wearer's chin. There are also addditional decorations of pom-poms and dyed chicken feathers
ca. 1960
20th century
ca. 1930
