Dance Costume Headpiece

Object Number: | 29-50-664 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Provenience: | New Guinea Palimbei |
Section: | Oceanian |
Materials: | Palm Spathe Rattan Feather |
Height: | 26.5 cm |
Length: | 105.5 cm |
Width: | 35 cm |
Credit Line: | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
Other Number: | 588 - Other Number |
Description
Of painted palm spathe representing the head and trunk of a pig with a "mane" of cassowary feathers and a tail tipped with the same -- on a rattan framework.
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