Hair ornament made of aloe fibre attached to a stick and worn as a plume.
Item
Title
Hair ornament made of aloe fibre attached to a stick and worn as a plume.
Fringed top knot made from aloe fibres
Creator
Creator Unrecorded
Subject
Hair
Headgear
Hair Ornament
Description
Head decoration made from aloe fibres attached to a stick, worn vertically at the hair. Worn by female initiates during the Efendula ceremony on the night of their return from the period of liberty in the bush. The Efendula ceremony by which young Kwaynama women celebrated the transition to marriageable age. [FHM27/06/2019]
Aloe fibres attached horizontally to a stick and worn on the top of the head like a plume. Worn by female initiates on the night of their return from the period of liberty in the bush during the Efundula transition rites. [NSty 08/21]
Publisher
Making African Connections
Date
c.1930
Type
PhysicalObject
Format
Aloe; Plant
Tied
L = 350mm [FHM27/07/2019]
Identifier
ETH.ANG3.293
A37/293
Source
Space/Place
Cunene, Owangwe
Angola
Africa
Cultural Group: Okwanyama
Rights
© The Powell-Cotton Trust