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Southern Angolan Headdresses

Photographs of outlandish Angolan headdresses worn by the Donguena, Hakawama, Himba, Humbe, Kuvale, Mbukushu, Mukubal, Mwila, Ndimba, Ngambwe, Ovambo and Zemba people of Southern Angola follow. Elaborate headdresses are the reason Africans used  headrests. Neck rests supported a persons necks, head or cheeks when sleeping.

Surprisingly, many of the field images which follow were taken as recently as August 2006. Collector - photographer Neil Munro has been kind enough to share them with us.

 

 

Headdresses from southern Angola are for the most part, not constructed in a manner allowing for easy removal. More often then not they are assembled piece by piece into a persons hair. Some examples which are removable in collections follow. Click the thumbnails for higher resolution pictures.

 

 

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

Neil Munro hitching a lift back to South Africa from Angola.

Thanks for the pics Neil!

 

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