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Headdress for circumcised girls
National Museums of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
This is a headdress worn by girls immediately after circumcision. The string is made from the sorotwo tree's fiber and from beads. The girls wear it during three months seclusion, because they may not be seen by their fathers.
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- Title: Headdress for circumcised girls
- Location: Kenya
- Type: Headdress for circumcised girls
- Rights: National Museums of Kenya
- Medium: Fibre, Beads
- Photographer: Gibsphotography
- Local Name: Chemulingot
- Community: Pokot
- Collection Date: 1973-08-16
- Collected By: Jean Brown
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