Headdress Ornament
Physical description
Golden, bronze and chocolate-brown cassowary feathers are attached at the base to a cone of bees wax adorned with coix seeds. The base of the feathers emerge from the point of the cone and are tied together with sago leaf fibres and bast string which are attached to a 7cm-long thin, pointed piece of wood.
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Date Acquired
11 Apr 2012
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 39.3 cm x 15 cm x 3.9 cm
Object Number
2948/123