Omatella hairstyle, covered in lukula red powder and cowries

Item

Title

Omatella hairstyle, covered in lukula red powder and cowries

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Hair

Description

Kwanyama woman's hairstyle covered in lukulared with rows of cowry shells sewn into the top for decoration.[FHM27/07/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Hair
Moulded
L = 300mm, W = 130mm [FHM27/07/2019]

Identifier

ETH.ANG3.328
A37/328

Source

Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1937

Space/Place

Angola
Africa
Cultural Group: Okwanyama

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust