cap, widows
human history
widows cap made from spiders web. used by widows to suffocate themselves after their husband's death; the web is collected on a cane frame in the bush;
Last Update: 22 Apr 2026
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- Tanna/New Hebrides/Vanuatu
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14936 (ethnology)
Q64 (Edge-Partington)
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