The Aquarium will be closed all day on Wednesday 27 April, and reopen from Thursday 28 April.
Imitation coral bead headress (Okuku) with metal decorations used for Edo weddings. String of pink imitation coral beads with gold beads strung on clear thread attached to a black cloth headdress. Top of the headress is decorated with circular gold beads attached to the headress by bobby pins. Headress is decorated with 3 gold metal pins that slot into headress.
Worn by brides in Edo Weddings.
These objects are only a part of our collections, of which there are more than 350,000 objects. This information comes from our collections database. Some of this is incomplete and there may be errors. This part of the website is also still under construction, so there may be some fields repeated or incorrectly formatted information.
The database sometimes uses language taken from historical documents to help research, which may now appear outdated and even offensive. The database also includes information on objects that are considered secret or sacred by some communities.
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