Head Ornament

29-50-63

From: New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Vogumash

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-50-63
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Vogumash
Section Oceanian
Materials Feather | Plant Fiber
Description

Man's head ornament.Semicircle of flat basketwork rising on outside of curve into 3 loops (Cf. 29-50-62). Each side loop is surmounted by one feather, the centre loop by two, all partly stripped.

Width 20 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 433 - Other Number

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