HEAD WIFE OF CHIEF ABIEMBALI; MAYOGO TRIBE, 
ITURI DISTRICT 
Beneath the small, square-topped hat of woven vegetable fiber, she wears a sort of 
skull-cap adorned with hundreds of dogs’ teeth, mostly canines. The crown 
of the hat is decorated with the red tail-feathers of the African gray 
parrot, which bird is often kept in captivity so that the much 
prized feathers can be pulled out as fast as they grow. 
The larger hatpin is made entirely of ivory, while 
the smaller consists of a thin, pointed bone 
from the forearm of a monkey 
