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Object Number 63-29-70/4067
Display Title Man's seed wig
Descriptions
Inventory Description Headwear, woven fiber cap, two strands of twisted fiber cordage attached to opposite sides of cap, numerous strands of varying lengths attached to overall exterior of cap with fiber, strands composed of small black and brown seeds
Classification
  • Headwear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Oceania / Indonesia
Additional Geographic Terms Grand Valley of the Baliem River; Kutelu Area
Materials Seed , Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 43.7 × 38 × 14 cm (17 3/16 × 14 15/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 63-29-70/4067

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