headdress

Headress (shushut) in brown wool. The band of the headress sits around the head, with a long rectangualar piece hanging from the back, ending in brown tassels. Headress is decorated with silver metal chains, decorated with cowrie shells, red beads, bells and plastic buttons.

The headdress, known as a shushut, is a band of handwoven woollen cloth that fits over the head with a wide decorative streamer hanging down the back.The shushut is normal, everyday wear for all Kalash women and girls. A more elaborate ceremonial headdress called a kupas is worn, when occasion demands, over the shushut.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
HC.2024.12.2
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
820mm length x 170mm width
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
textile; cowrie shell
CATEGORY
Education Handling Collection: Anthropology
LOCATION
In storage
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