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1943.6.145.1

Headdress of coloured feathers on broad ring of plaited rattan. [El.B 27/11/2008]

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1943.6.145.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Headdress of coloured feathers on broad ring of plaited rattan. [El.B 27/11/2008]
Long description
The feathers are in three layers, the longest are yellow and blue, then there is a shorter layer of yellow ones, a layer of red ones over the yellow ones, and an even shorter layer of black ones. The feathers are fixed to a woven band with is bound to the basketry ring. [El.B 27/11/2008]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source J. Gibbs
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1943
Date collected
By 1943
Acquisition information
Donated: 1943
Materials and processes
Material Bird Feather, Material Rattan Fibre Plant, Material String, Process Plaited, Process Bound, Process Woven, Process Basketry
Dimensions
Diameter: max 340 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1943.6.145.1 Other PRM accession number: 1943.6.145a

Search terms: Ornament, Head Ornament

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