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Object Number
39-17-70/1207
Display Title
Headband of wallaby (kangaroo) fur for a dance
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Headband, band of black fur secured with fiber tie, misshapen, stiff
Classification
- Headband
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Madik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Dutch New Guinea
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Sanke Doek
Materials
Animal fur, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 20 x 12 x 3 cm (7 7/8 x 4 3/4 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-17-70/1207
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39-17-70/1422 | Large wooden drum, single head of wallaby skin, used in the curative + |
Percussion
|
Kamwa
| |
| 25-46-70/D2416 | Ball of kangaroo fur string |
Cords
|
Western Australia
Sunday Island | |
| 15-36-10/86592 | Man's wide head band made of musquash, squirrel, and ermine fur as well as hawk and flicker feathers. |
Headband
|
British Columbia
| |
| 15-36-10/86578 | Man's head band of black bear, marmot fur, and eagle feathers. |
Headband
|
British Columbia
| |
| 22-29-70/D1705 | Man's loin cloth or full dress of kangaroo hair |
Apron
|
Western Australia
Kimberley | |
| 08-25-50/73556 | Headband; wood ring cover'd w/veg. fiber & skin |
Headband
|
Uganda
| |
| 991-5-50/12338 | Headband |
Headband
|
South Africa
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 25-46-70/D2409 | Fur string forehead band |
Shaft, modified
Headband |
Sunday Island
Western Australia | |
| 02-4-10/57169 | Woven Headband |
Headband
|
New Mexico
| |
| 32-25-30/32 | Headband, camelid fur |
Raw Material
Hair |
Peru
| |
| 991-17-30/11747 | Men's fabric headband (shaman's assistant's own headband) |
Headband
|
Ecuador
| |
| 46-78-50/6083.1 | Headband, tapered circular basketry band, mulitcolor vegetable fiber strands |
Headband
|
KwaZulu-Natal
|