OLD AFRICAN COWRIE SHELL CHIEF'S HEAD DRESS - $125 - (Quilcene, WA)

THIS IS AN AMAZING AFRICAN HEAD DRESS. I GOT IT FROM AN AMERICAN DIPLOMAT WHO GOT IT WHILE STATIONED IN AFRICA. IT IS ABOUT 28 INCHES LONG AND SITS LIKE A CAP ON THE HEAD AND DRAPES DOWN THE BACK. IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS MADE FROM A HANDWOVEN SASH AND IS COVERED WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED COWRIE SHELLS, BUTTONS AND BEADS. IT LOOKS VERY OLD- NOT SURE WHERE EXACTLY IT CAME FROM OR HOW OLD, BUT THESE PIERCED COWRIE SHELLS WERE CONSIDERED AS MONEY AND A VERY WEALTHY PERSON WOULD HAVE OWNED THIS. OLD BUT STILL VERY STURDEY AND CAN STILL BE WORN.

Posted in Quilcene, WA, Antiques
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