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Description
Fabric (silk?) covered framework lined with orange fabric. Semi-rigid frame is 17" long, curving around the head. ON the front there are 7 crenellations to which decorations are fastened. The front of the headband is covered with turquoise colored silk w/a band of red tape around the edge. There is a row of simulated pearls on the lower front edge of the headdress. Above that is an irregular band of silver colored sequins. Above them are four butterflies of red and green sequins, plus two of silver and green sequins, from which extend coiled wires, covered with orange thread, at the end of the wires are large simulated pears. Along the top are twelve turquoise colored pom-poms. At the back of the headdress a black elastic band, 5/8" wide, joins the two ends of the headdress.
Object ID
1991.038