Headdress

18055

From: Easter Island

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 18055
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Easter Island
Section Oceanian
Materials Feather | Plant Fiber | Bark
Description

Feather headdress. "Made of feathers of the man of war hawk." Long, thin, somewhat iridescent black feathers, shafts wrapped in bark cloth (?), secured to circular headband, from which they stand up vertically.

Credit Line Gift of William Pepper, 1891

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