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Object Number 27-56-70/D2779
Display Title Mourning headdress
Descriptions
Inventory Description Headdress, multicolored woven fiber hood, linear designs on train, fringed
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Village of Kowel and Komado
Additional Geographic Terms Maro River, about 60 mi from mouth of
Dimensions Overall: 176 x 49 x 7 cm (69 5/16 x 19 5/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D/ 2779

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Mourning headdress
27-56-70/D2778 Mourning headdress
Headdress
Village of Kowel and Komado
Headdress, multicolored woven fiber hood, geometric designs on train, fringed
27-56-70/D2779.2 Headdress, multicolored woven fiber hood, geometric designs on train, fringed
Headdress
Komado
Kowel
Headdress, multicolored woven fiber hood, geometric designs on train, fringed
27-56-70/D2779.3 Headdress, multicolored woven fiber hood, geometric designs on train, fringed
Headdress
Village of Kowel and Komado
Headdress, multicolored woven fiber hood, linear designs on train, fringed
27-56-70/D2779.1 Headdress, multicolored woven fiber hood, linear designs on train, fringed
Headdress
Village of Kowel and Komado
Headdress, multicolored woven fiber hood, geometric designs on train, fringed
27-56-70/D2778.1 Headdress, multicolored woven fiber hood, geometric designs on train, fringed
Headdress
Village of Kowel and Komado
Headdress, multicolored woven fiber hood, geometric designs on train, fringed
27-56-70/D2778.2 Headdress, multicolored woven fiber hood, geometric designs on train, fringed
Headdress
Village of Kowel and Komado
Headdress
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Raw Material
California