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Crescent shaped headpiece, used in "sing-sing" festivities
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Object Number 973-11-70/5236
Display Title Crescent shaped headpiece, used in "sing-sing" festivities
Descriptions
Object Description Crescent shaped headpiece, used in "sing-sing" festivities, (donor does not know native term for "sing-sing which she characterizes as peace-making ceremonies. Headdress decorated with flowers (dried and fresh); human hair; Most headpieces made from human hair, usually from dead enemies. Not certain whether hair was from scalped enemies or if it was merely cut. 16"
Inventory Description Hat, flaring top, felted human hair, applique flowers and beads, pigment
Classification
  • Hat
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Central Highlands
Materials Human hair, Wood, Floral material, Leaf, Glass, Fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 46 x 34.8 x 18 cm (18 1/8 x 13 11/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 973-11-70/5236

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 		973-11-70/5234 Crescent-shaped headdress, used in "sing-sing" or peacemaking ceremonies
Hat
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B/W image: Sing-Sing performers, Goroka show, Eastern Highlands
2015.5.26.20 B/W image: Sing-Sing performers, Goroka show, Eastern Highlands
Art 2-D
Papua New Guinea
B/W image: Sing-Sing performer, Goroka show, Eastern Highlands
2015.5.26.22 B/W image: Sing-Sing performer, Goroka show, Eastern Highlands
Art 2-D
Papua New Guinea
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Bacolod
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Ornament
Papua New Guinea
Open air kitchen at obo festivities
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Inner Mongolia
Pleated leaf ornament, used in dance called "sing-sing"
36-105-70/437 Pleated leaf ornament, used in dance called "sing-sing"
Ornament
New Guinea
B/W image: Sing-Sing performer, Goroka show, Eastern Highlands
2015.5.26.23 B/W image: Sing-Sing performer, Goroka show, Eastern Highlands
Art 2-D
Papua New Guinea
Waistband. worn by men during "sing sing", grass skirt is attached to front
973-11-70/5235 Waistband. worn by men during "sing sing", grass skirt is attached to front
Belt
Southern Highland?
Dance: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi) with a feather in her hair, dancing with the men at a daytime dance, view from the expedition truck with a wide-angle lens (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1598 Dance: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi) with a feather in her hair, dancing with the men at a daytime dance, view from the expedition truck with a wide-angle lens (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: "Old /Gam," Khuan//a (wife of "Gao Helmet," sister of "Gao Medicine"), and an unidentified woman carrying a baby are dancing with the men at a daytime counter-clockwise around a group of women sitting (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1576 Dance: "Old /Gam," Khuan//a (wife of "Gao Helmet," sister of "Gao Medicine"), and an unidentified woman carrying a baby are dancing with the men at a daytime counter-clockwise around a group of women sitting (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Color print: Sing-Sing Performer, woman in feather headdress, large shell necklace and grass skirt standing in front of black sheet; Mount Hagen Show
2015.5.16 Color print: Sing-Sing Performer, woman in feather headdress, large shell necklace and grass skirt standing in front of black sheet; Mount Hagen Show
Papua New Guinea