Headband
2015-12-11
From: Timor | Atambua (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
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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