Headdress
ClassificationsClothing and Adornments-head ornaments-headdresses
Culture
Miao
Date20th Century
Made AtGuizhou Province, China, Asia
Made AtGuizhou Province, China, Asia
MediumWood, ramie and wool
Dimensions7 3/4 x 25 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.
Credit LineGift of Anne and Long Shung Shih
Object number2008.5.15
DescriptionFestival headdress shaped as horns. It is made out of dark brown black human hair braided and wrapped around a long slender pointed piece of wood and held in place by a canvas strap and rope. Miao people; Gaopo area, Central Guizhou Province, China; 20th century.On View
Not on viewCollections
mid to late 20th Century
mid to late 20th Century
mid to late 20th Century
100 BCE - 300 CE