head-dress
- Museum number
- Oc1906,1013.1506
- Description
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Headdress of cassowary feathers secured at base with plant fibre band, constructed from small bundles of cassowary feathers bound at base with plant fibre and laid flat. On front, bundles secured by woven cords running along top and bottom; on reverse, cord from weave passes over fibre cord laid along top and bottom, securing feather bundles between. Weave, knotted at each end, extends to form ties at sides. Front of band stained red, reverse unstained. Feathers shorter at centre and longer either side.
- Production date
- 19thC-20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Length: 38.80 centimetres
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Thickness: 0.60 centimetres (band)
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Width: 59 centimetres (measured approx. across top)
- Curator's comments
- Expedition label made by Dennison & Co. handwritten in pencil reads: 'Masingara'. Comment by Heather Donoghue, Ph.D candidate, UEA, 2020.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1906
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired during the Daniels Ethnographical Expedition to British New Guinea 1903-1904.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1906,1013.1506