pavahina (Head Ornament)
Physical description
Tassel head ornament (pavahina) on a plaited fibre cord. The tassel consists of many small bunches of greyish-yellow hair bound by twisted strands of coconut fibre. Those bunches are then bound again by coconut fibre into fifteen bunches. The upper ends of the coconut fibre are woven across with undyed fibre and black hair.
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Materials
Date Made
Before 1841
Date Acquired
4 Jun 2017
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Collection of Reverend George StallworthyMore...
Measurements
Overall: 23.5 cm x 13 cm x 2.5 cm
Object Number
3254/2