Headdress, mid 20th century, collected 1969 ::

Other Title: Head feathers
Place where the work was made: Marawaka → Eastern Highlands Province → Papua New Guinea
Cultural origin: Baruya people
Dates: mid 20th century
collected 1969
Media categories: Weaving , Botanical material , Animal material
Materials used: woven split rattan, cassowary feathers (Casuarius), Papuan lorikeet feathers (Charmosyna papou), sulphur-crested cockatoo feather (Cacatua galerita), yellow orchid stem fibre (Dendrobium), feather shaft, plant fibre string
Dimensions: cockatoo feather 49.5 cm length; rattan support 19.5 to 21.0 cm diameter
Credit: Gift of Stan Moriarty 1977
Location: Not on display
Accession number: 824.1979.a-b
Copyright: © Baruya people, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics
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