Feather head ornament or headdress made of bunches of black and white feathers bound together [SM 21/07/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Feather head ornament or headdress made of bunches of black and white feathers bound together [SM 21/07/2008]
Long description: Feather head ornament or headdress made of bunches of black and white feathers bound together. The head ornament or headress is made of small bunches of cut feathers bound into a larger bunch with cane and plant fibre. Two lengths of dark coloured wood are attached to the bottom of this large bunch, as well as two long plaits of plant fibre, both with a tassel at the end. [SM 21/07/2008]
Geographical reference: Vanuatu
Oceania > Melanesia > Vanuatu; Malampa Province Malakula Uripiv
Person: Field collector Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville; PRM source Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1896?, uncertain
Date collected: By 1896?
Acquisition information: Donated: 09/1896, uncertain Found unentered: 18/07/2008
Materials and processes: Material Bird Feather, Material Plant Fibre, Material Wood Plant, Process Bound, Process Plaited, Process Carved
Dimensions: Width: max 170 mm, Length: max 820 mm including tassels, approx
Object numbers: Accession number: 2008.91.1

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