Wooden hair pegs tied in large bundle

Item

Title

Wooden hair pegs tied in large bundle

Creator

Creator Unrecorded

Subject

Hair
Headgear

Description

Large bunch of light coloured wooden hair pegs; One end has been sharpened to a fine point, whilst the other tapers out somewhat to form a splayed, flat top. Each pin is very smooth. Would have been worn by young girls as hair decorations. [FHM27/07/2019]

Publisher

Making African Connections

Date

c.1930

Type

PhysicalObject

Format

Wood; Plant
Carpentered

Identifier

ETH.ANG2.761 .1
A36/761A

Source

Antoinette and Diana Powell-Cotton
1936

Space/Place

Angola
Africa

Rights

© The Powell-Cotton Trust