拍品专文
Considered the most prestigious and worn only by chiefs, another of these magnificent headdresses, in the Muse de l'Homme, is illustrated by Panoff (M., Trsors des Iles Marquises, Paris, 1995, p.113, no.62
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PEUE KAVII
细节
a superb marquesas tooth and feather headdress
peue kavii
The crescent-shaped pad covered with dark feathers still adhering to the skins of the birds, surmounted by glossy black feathers, some traces of red feathers remaining where it is attached to finely-plaited fibre strands which in turn suspend four and six small whale teeth
feathered pad 22.8cm. wide
peue kavii
The crescent-shaped pad covered with dark feathers still adhering to the skins of the birds, surmounted by glossy black feathers, some traces of red feathers remaining where it is attached to finely-plaited fibre strands which in turn suspend four and six small whale teeth
feathered pad 22.8cm. wide
出版
Biebuyck, D., and Van den Abbeele, N., The Power of Headdresses, Brussels, 1984, p. 240, Pl.192
展览
Ta'aroa, L'Univers polynesien, Brussels, 1982, p.111, no.72