Warrior’s Gown

Item

Title
Warrior’s Gown
Description
This jacket is covered with strands of knotted cotton thread, ram horns, Duiker horns, and small leather-covered amulets which usually contain Koranic verses or magical leaves, believed to provide protection.
Medium
30 in/76.2 cm long
Subject
Loma
Provenance
Unknown
Spatial Coverage
Liberia
Medium
Cloth, horns, leather
Is Referenced By
William Siegmann, Rock of the Ancestors (Suacoco: Cuttington University College, 1977), 75.
Media
Cat 101.jpg

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