Headdress
89-17-108
From: Papua New Guinea | Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 89-17-108 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Yonggom/Muyu |
| Provenience | Papua New Guinea | Western Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Feather | Cardboard | Metal | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Man's dance headdress (on kawa) (sulphur crested cockatoo). hat style, frame of fiber and corrugated cardboard. Feathers run front to back. Worn at danda dance, which was borrowed from the Awin/Aekyom. Made by Philatus Yonggomman, Kombut clan, Kombut village, Irian Jaya, living in Yogi refugee camp. Purchased from maker 4/30/89. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Stuart A. Kirsch, 1989 |
| Other Number | 147 - Other Number |
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