- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Head ornament of a cuscus tail mounted on a stick. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/12/2005]
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1884
- Date collected
- Prior to 1884
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Tail, Material Wood Plant
- Dimensions
- Length: max 450 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.83.3
Search terms: Ornament, Clothing Headgear, Headdress, Head Ornament
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