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Club-shaped head adornment for young men, worn as hair extension before there marriage
Bun headdress for men about to get married
This headdress is worn by young men before marriage. The ornament is called kamil in the local language, which literally means 'hair'. The headdress represents the male and female genitalia. The heavy round part represents the female sex organ and is called korajma (the female). The light, narrower part, which lies against korajma and is attached with separate strands, is the male sex organ. This …
Type of item
- Object Type: accessories worn on the head
- accessories worn on the head
- Headdress
Date
- voor 1959
Medium
- Material: vegetable origin materials
- vegetable origin materials
- Plant material
Type of item
- Object Type: accessories worn on the head
- accessories worn on the head
- Headdress
Date
- voor 1959
Medium
- Material: vegetable origin materials
- vegetable origin materials
- Plant material
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 1959
Provenance
- 1959-01-01
- Schenking
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/91660
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- wax
- ambergris
- clay
- net
- hair (material)
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-31T16:16:09.268Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T13:51:01.552Z