Headdress
Unknown origin
Possibly Mapuche, southern Chile or Argentina 
Glass beads, cotton stringing
8" front to back, 6" wide, 17" fully extended 
20 x 15 x 43 cm

The shape of this headdress is similar to that of a rare group of Mapuche women's headdresses, less than 15 are known, most in old European collections and in Argentina. The first one to be documented was in 1855, published in a drawing. 

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