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Object Number
973-11-70/5234
Display Title
Crescent-shaped headdress, used in "sing-sing" or peacemaking ceremonies
Descriptions
Object Description
Crescent-shaped headdress, used in "sing-sing" or peacemaking ceremonies Decorated with dried flowers; feathers; covered with human hair from enemy tribe. Decorative section, which includes 2 machine made buttons, worn towards front. Red dyes are vegetal; rubbed into hands and then applied to surface. Also worn during dances.
Inventory Description
Hat, crescent shaped, red pigmented hair with appliqued flowers and feathers
Classification
- Hat
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Papuan; Central Highlands
Dimensions
Overall: 51 x 42 x 18 cm (20 1/16 x 16 9/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
973-11-70/5234
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