Plaited Mourning Headdress

A plaited headdress made from black circlets of plaited grass, or fibre string, with knots at regular intervals. Alldridge noted that it was worn by Mende women in mourning. More information can be found in The Sherbro and its Hinterland, 1901, page 119.

Further Information

• Type: Body adornment, jewellery
• Object: Plaited Mourning Headdress
• Materials: Vegetable, organic fibre
• Culture Group: Mende
• Dimensions: 25mm x 200mm x 60mm
• Production Date: Pre 1891
• Associated Places: Unknown
• Associated People: Thomas Joshua Alldridge (Collector)
• Museum: Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
• Accession Number: BMAG:WA507388

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