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DepartmentTextiles-Africa

thihukeka (Woman's coiffure headdress)

NameWoman's wig / headdress

(not entered)Woman's coiffure headdress

CultureHambukushu / Mbukushu

Dateca. 1960

Place madeOkavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

MediumPlant bark fiber (terminalia servicea, called moshosho), leather, soot, various oils, glass beads

DimensionsOverall: 23 5/8 x 7 1/16 x 2 15/16 in. (60 x 18 x 7.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2009.2.1

Object numberFA.2009.2.1

Collections

Africa.

DescriptionMultiple strands of braided plant fiber dyed black with soot, over and to which strands and coils of large white trade beads are attached. A long, tapering tube of beads with short strands of at the end hangs down the back

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