- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Cassowary feather fringe.
- Geographical reference
- Southern Highlands District Was River Valley
- Cultural groups
- Wola
- Person
- Field collector Paul Sillitoe
- PRM source Trustees of the British Museum
- PRM source British Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1978
- Date collected
- 1976 - 1978
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 1979
- Materials and processes
- Material Cassowary Feather Bird, Material String, Process Knotted
- Dimensions
- Length 385 mm, Height 140 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1979.21.15
Search terms: Clothing Headgear, Ornament, Dance, Ritual and Ceremonial, Headdress, Head Ornament
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