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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 11071273, member: 8267&quot;]I would agree with [USER=301]@komokwa[/USER] that it has not been used. Here is one quite similar to yours (except for the horns). Note the holes along the lower back edge, which would have been used to tie the headdress onto a cap/framework that would have been worn on the dancer&#039;s head </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]536004[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="http://artcollection.drury.edu/items/show/1417" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artcollection.drury.edu/items/show/1417" rel="nofollow">http://artcollection.drury.edu/items/show/1417</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And this one, which has part of the headgear attached -</p><p>[ATTACH=full]536011[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://collection.artbma.org/objects/24079/antelope-headdress-adone" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collection.artbma.org/objects/24079/antelope-headdress-adone" rel="nofollow">https://collection.artbma.org/objects/24079/antelope-headdress-adone</a></p><p><br /></p><p>How did you determine yours was &quot;50+ years old&quot;? Older (ca 1st half of the 20th cen.) Kurumba adoné figures were painted in traditional colors of white, black, and variations of red/brown/yellow. Blue, such as is used on your piece, seems to be a later innovation(2nd half of the 20th cen. or later).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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