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ornament, head

human history
  • Other Name

    Bargor (Thai)

  • Description

    Headdress, woman's, elaborate. Akha tribal group. Headdress based on two bark hoops and a coil of 'midribs'. Decorated with binding, dyed plant strips, Croix and other seeds, cotton and wool threads, pompoms, bone needles and silver hemispherical pieces. "A sub-group that live in very remote mountain areas and use mainly material from the forest and animals to decorate their headdress" [info from vendor]

  • Place
    Thailand
  • Accession Number
    1991.78
  • Accession Date
    02 May 1991
  • Other Id

    53812 (ethnology)

  • Department

    World

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