Context (Related Documents)
Card 1: 'Head-dress made of a strip of the skin of a Cassowary with the feathers in situ, some small white feathers are fastened in the ends. [?It] Cassowary feathers with beeswax.'
Card 2: 'Cassowary feathers still attached to strip of original skin. Small white feathers added, fastened to end of cassowary feathers with wax.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (CMS Context)
Moore's book is based upon research involving an examination of all Haddon material in British and Australian Museums.
Cf. PR.I.57; Mer, 1889: stored in the Pitt Rivers Museum collections (a catalogue card for this piece is filed in the catalogue room;
Collected by: Haddon.Dr. A.C. in 1889; Ref. Plate: Pl. VII, fig. 1. Pl. VIII, figs 2 & 5
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
'Dagui' and 'samera'. Head-dress made of a strip of the skin of a cassowary with the feathers in situ, some small white feathers are fastened in the ends.
Event Date 8/7/2024
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu