Headdress
89-17-79
From: Papua New Guinea | Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 89-17-79 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Yonggom/Muyu |
| Provenience | Papua New Guinea | Western Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Bird Skin | Feather | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Feather headdress (ono). Entire bird of paradise skin mounted in row of 21 bundles of cassowary feathers. Cassowary feather head dress without the bird of paradise is called wap. Worn at the front of the head (with or without the bird of paradise plumes for the Yonggom dances amewop and urumanop. Worn at the back of the head (with bird of paradise plumes on the inside) along with headdress 89-17-107 for the Iyok dane, borrowed from the Awin/Aekyom people. Made by Atani Wungmo, Ketbiran clan, Dome village. Purchased from maker 8/2/88 |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Stuart A. Kirsch, 1989 |
| Other Number | 42 - Other Number |
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