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A New Guinea rattan and shell hat
A New Guinea rattan and shell hat

SEPIK RIVER

细节
A New Guinea rattan and shell hat
Sepik river
Of tapered cylindrical form sewn each side with a bird motif in nassa camelus shells above an open panel of the same
22cm. high
出版
Biebuyck, D., and Van den Abbeele, N., The Power of Headdresses, Brussels, 1984, p.224, Pl.179

拍品专文

Biebuyck writes that such an ornament would have been worn by young men at the base of a long bunch of the man's hair; if the owner's hair proved not to be long enough, additional hair would have been attached to the top.