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Adeku Headdress
1700/1965
Sierra Leone National Museum
Freetown, Sierra Leone
This headdress is described by the Sierra Leone National Museum as an Adeku headdress, associated with public performances rather than any societies. It consists of a series of cloth covered horns, with raffia fringing. The main head cover is decorated with lines of cowrie shells.
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Details
- Title: Adeku Headdress
- Date Created: 1700/1965
- Location Created: Sierra Leone
- Type: Masks, headdresses
- Original Source: Sierra Leone Heritage
- Medium: Textile, Wood, Leather, animal skin, Metal
- Culture group: Krio
- Accession number: SLNM.1965.68.01A
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