Headband

2015-12-11

From: Timor | Atambua (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 2015-12-11
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Timor | Atambua (uncertain)
Date Made est. 1940
Section Oceanian
Materials Cotton
Description

Headband. Cotton. Weft twining. Natural color with nine red decorative bands: two broad, with diamond patterns, at ends. Fringed. Formerly part of headhunter (meo) outfit, now worn to commemorate ancestors.

Length 10.16 cm
Width 101.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of David W. and Barbara G. Fraser, 2015
Other Number T-70c - Collector Number

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