Image Title:
A woman of the Mangbetu tribe.

Note:
"The head is bound with a fine cord made of raffia, banana fiber or hair, while the natural hair is woven into a frame of rattan fiber. This process takes two days to perform." Wikipedia

Author:
Herbert Lang

Image Source:
Wikipedia

Subject:
Hair - Hairstyle - African - Mangbetu

Date:
1915

Rights:
Public Domain

Image:
SA-Hair-26

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