Fighting Cap
| Object Number: | P1137 |
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| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Uma Long |
| Provenience: | Borneo Sarawak |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Wood (uncertain) Feather |
| Height: | 11 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 22 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
Description
"[War-cap] of rattan and split bamboo." (Furness, The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters, following p. 92). 1 cap and 3 feathers. Round cap of broad rattan peel, openly constructed. At present just one very long, trimmed, black and white rhinoceros hornbill tail feather.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Furness, William H. 1902. The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters: Its Festivals and Folk-lore.. Philadelphia. J. B. Lippincott & Co. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: following p. 92 (lower right) | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] McDougall, William, and Hose, Charles. 1912. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo.. London. Macmillan and Company. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Vol. I, Plate 93, bottom right | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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