Model of a Surinamese Creole headscarf

Model of a headscarf, folded in a tail and intended for market women, with motifs inspired by batik patterns (kawung).\nAngisa's are starched cotton printed cloths.Through these headgear, women in Suriname passed 'secret' (though known to all 'insiders') messages to each other through various ways of folding, the pattern and possibly the name of the cloth. \Angisas are almost always machine printe…