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Pamela Anderson under fire after wearing Indigenous headdress on Halloween

Pamela Anderson has drawn condemnation after posting two images on Twitter of herself scantily clad and donning a feathered headdress for Halloween.

 Photo: @pamfoundation / TwitterPhoto: @pamfoundation / Twitter

Pamela Anderson has drawn condemnation after posting two scantily clad images on Twitter of herself wearing a feathered headdress for Halloween.

The tweet shows the B.C.-born actress posing in two black-and-white photos. In one, she's on staircase glancing over her shoulder, and she's pulling the front of the headdress over her eyebrows. In the other, her chest is covered in white paint and she is holding the headdress behind her.

The post reads "Happy Halloween" with a goofy-looking ghost Emoji.

 Photo: @pamfoundation / TwitterPhoto: @pamfoundation / Twitter

Since posting the images, Anderson has received 602 comments, and the majority of them are scathing critiques.

A number of Twitter users said that the costume was disgusting, while others wondered how she couldn't know better. Many comments included the hashtag #culturenotcostume.

While many of the comments remarked that the images convey cultural appropriation, some of the Tweets pointed out that she is promoting sexualization of Indigenous culture, too.

One commenter also asked if the feathers in the headdress are synthetic, as Anderson is a vocal advocate of animal rights. In fact, a number of people stated that they felt let down by the fact that she is an activist on so many issues, yet she failed to grasp that Indigenous culture is not a costume.

Have at look at some of the comments from the post.