Fighting Cap
| Object Number: | P1139A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Kayan |
| Provenience: | Borneo Sarawak |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Rattan Civet Cat Skin Goat Hair Cowrie Shell Orang-utan Hair Glass Cone Shell Nassa Shell Clouded Leopard Tooth |
| Height: | 17 cm |
| Width: | 50 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 20 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898 |
Description
Fighting cap. "[War-cap] of rattan and split bamboo." (Furness, The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters, following p. 92) Woven rattan base covered with spotted civit cat skin. Peaked top of yellow and black beadwork. "Face" composed of round shell eye and oval shell nose, mouth with cowrie shell teeth and four leopard tooth fangs, flanked by hanks of orangutan hair. Black and white tail feather of rhinoceros hornbill (P1139B).
Bibliography:
| [Article] Davenport, William H. "Selections from the Exhibition: The Dayaks: Peoples of the Borneo Rainforest". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 30. no. 1. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 39 (c) | 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, top left | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [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 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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