Outstanding Oromo Wedding Headdress – Ethiopia – RARE

Early to mid 1900s. Thick leather, several cowrie shells; a wooden stamp is tied in the center. Cm. 158,0 high (62.20″). Grams 3.720,0.

A similar example is kept in the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

The Oromo people are a Cushitic ethnic group and nation native to Ethiopia who speak the Oromo language. They are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia.

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