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Head Dress

20th Century

Indian Museum, Kolkata

Indian Museum, Kolkata
Kolkata, India

It is a narrow piece of black cotton cloth. One end of the cloth is woven with red coloured thread and decorated with cowrie shells. The other end is stitched to form a small pocket. The cowrie shells are stitched in a circle and six long and two short rows of shells flanked from the circle.
It is used by the Sema Naga.

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  • Title: Head Dress
  • Date: 20th Century
  • Location: Naga hills, Nagaland, India.
  • Physical Dimensions: Length- 41 cm, Width- 12 cm.
  • Type: Dress
Indian Museum, Kolkata

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