ornament, head
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]
Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1991.78Accession Date: 02 May 1991Description: 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,…