Head-dress

Description

Headdress made of feathers and strips of reptile skin, worn by a female excorcist: Africa, Malawi, Ngoni-Tumbuka People, early 20th century

Museum reference

A.1949.121 A

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Head-dress

Production information

Malawi, Eastern Africa

Style / Culture

Ngoni-Tumbuka Area

References

1989. Forster, Peter. G. 'T. Cullen Young: Missionary and Anthropologist', Hull University Press, Hull