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Object Number
973-11-70/5222
Display Title
Single tiered headpiece, bamboo and grass
Descriptions
Object Description
Single tiered headpiece, bamboo and grass, 9 in. head size, 11" dia. Painted white, with red and blue ray motif. Tassel on top; 2 woven loop pendants.
Inventory Description
Hat, disc shaped, wrapped fiber top, 2 rings at rim, caked with red, white, blue
Classification
- Hat
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Pangia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands; Pangia district
Materials
Vegetable fiber, Mud, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 13.5 x 29 x 29 cm (5 5/16 x 11 7/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
973-11-70/5222
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