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Headdress

Elaborate coverings or objects for the head, especially those worn for ceremonial or ornamental purposes.

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Masquerade basics

Works of Art

Moche Octopus Headdress

300–600 C.E.

Gold crown and gold belt from the north mound of Hwangnamdaechong Tomb

c. 450–500 C.E.

Janus-Faced Headdress (Ejagham or Bale peoples)

19th–20th century

Headdress (Cheyenne or Lakota)

late 19th–early 20th century

Global trade and an 18th-century Anishinaabe outfit

c. 1790

Headdress: Female Bust (D’mba)

19th–20th century

Kòmò Helmet Mask (Kòmòkunw) (Bamana peoples)

19th–mid-20th century

Male and Female Antelope Headdresses (Ci wara) (Bamana peoples)

19th–20th century

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