Hair Ornament

29-50-78

From: New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Kararau

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 29-50-78
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Kararau
Section Oceanian
Materials Feather | Cassowary Bone | Wood
Description

Man's. Pin proper made of metatarsal of cassowary. Single plume, cf. 29-50-72. Feather's stripped at intervals stuck in holes made in bone. 2 prongs.

Length 59 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 269 - Other Number

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