Headdress
Cleveland Museum of Art

Headdress

1900s

African gray parrot feathers, wood, plant fiber, probably cotton, string, and colorant
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

This headdress has an ingenious built-in storage system: it can be flipped inside out to encase the feathers within a rigid woven structure, protecting them during storage or travel.

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