Feathers

Museum number:

11-38715

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Accession number:

Acc.2219

Description:

Head ornament; looped headband of tree inner bark; cassowary feathers, punting and wesek painted with mut; worn over forehead, fastened with pig leg bone (HIN) on headnet

Donor:

Klaus Koch and University Appropriation

Collection place:

Pasikni Village, Central Jalemo, West Papua Province

Culture or time period:

Yali people

Materials:

Bone (material)

Taxon:

Casuarius

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Accession date:

1967

Department:

Oceania