Headdress of a wood and string structure with white feathers. [El.B 10/12/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Headdress of a wood and string structure with white feathers. [El.B 10/12/2008]
Long description: The structure consists of a U-shaped strip of cane, bound with string, from which the feathers are radiating outwards. There is a second U on the inside, with a central bar and smaller U-shapes in the space between the arms of the U, all bound with string, some painted white and some black. [El.B 10/12/2008]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Indonesia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Indonesia; West Papua
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Eva Cutter
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1895
Date collected: By 1895
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1895
Materials and processes: Material Bird Feather, Material Cane Plant, Material String, Material Pigment, Process Bound, Process Painted
Dimensions: Length: max 390 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1895.48.12

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