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Object Number
973-11-70/5223
Display Title
Two-tiered ceremonial headpiece
Descriptions
Object Description
Two-tiered ceremonial headpiece, brim 11 in. diam, head size: 7 in. White base color; red & blue ray motif. 3 woven loop pendants A tube is attached to the second smaller brim, stuffed with stiff grass-like materials to give it body.
Inventory Description
Hat, discoidal, 2 tiered, 3 rings at rim, caked with white, red, and blue pigmen
Classification
- Hat
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Pangia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands; Pangia district
Dimensions
Overall: 19 x 29.4 x 29.5 cm (7 1/2 x 11 9/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
973-11-70/5223
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