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Southern Angolan Headdresses

Photographs of outlandish Angolan headdresses of the Donguena, Hakawama, Himba, Humbe, Mbukuhu, Mukubal, Mwila, Ndimba, Ngambwe, Ovambo and Zemba people of Southern Angola follow.

 

Elaborate headdresses are the reason Africans used  headrests to support their necks, head or cheek when sleeping.

 

 

 

 

For the most part, headdresses from southern Angola are not constructed in a manner allowing for easy removal, as they are assembled piece by piece into a persons hair. Some however are removable. Examples found in museum collections follow.

 

Clockwise from top left, headdresses from the Himba, Zemba, Mbukuhu, Mwela, Ovambo and  Namibian San.

 

 

Surprisingly, many of the field images above were as recently as August 2006 by collector - photographer  Neil Munro.

Neil Munro hitching a lift back to South Africa from Angola. Thanks for the PICS!

 

Information provided as a service to viewers.

 

Follow this link to view a rare Ndimba doll for sale.

Follow this link to learn more about African headrests.

Follow this link to view child figures from Angola. 

 

 

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