Hair Ornament

50-49-2204

From: Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Object Number 50-49-2204
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kalinga
Provenience Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon
Section Oceanian
Materials Reed (plant) | Bark (uncertain) | Cotton | Glass
Description

Thin reeds wrapped in bark (?) and bound together with bands of red, yellow, and some black thread: first all together, then divided in 3, then in 10. At top, double row of small white buttons and loops of small beads, mostly white.

Height 17.5 cm
Width 10.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950
Other Number CG170190-8083 - Found in Collection Number | 176 - Collector Number

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