Headdress - Leather - Mursi - Ethiopia
Headdress Mursi culture, Ethiopia. First half of the 20th century. Warthog tusks, skin, iron and brass. Height: 44 cm; Width: 26 cm; Depth: 15 cm. This headdress is composed of a band in woven skin, placed on top of the skull. It is ornamented with side-pendants which consist in iron rings, two warthog tusks and fringes of woven skin. On a stand. Photograph: Guerrier Mursi, Vallée de l’Omo, Éthiopie © mirco1 (Mursi Warrior, Omo Valley, Ethiopia) .
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Headdress Mursi culture, Ethiopia. First half of the 20th century. Warthog tusks, skin, iron and brass. Height: 44 cm; Width: 26 cm; Depth: 15 cm. This headdress is composed of a band in woven skin, placed on top of the skull. It is ornamented with side-pendants which consist in iron rings, two warthog tusks and fringes of woven skin. On a stand. Photograph: Guerrier Mursi, Vallée de l’Omo, Éthiopie © mirco1 (Mursi Warrior, Omo Valley, Ethiopia) .
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