Accession No
Z 7532
Description
Dari. Feather head-dress with a cane frame bound with fine string coloured red, white, blue. White cut feathers bound in round edge. Cassowary feathers tied along junction. Worn in dances (Kab) and for warfare and ceremonial purposes.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
19th century
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7532; OH 673
Cultural Affliation
Material
Cane; Feather; Cassowary Feather; Feathers, wool, cane
Local Term
Dari
Measurements
389mm x 534mm
Events
Context (Related Documents)
Card 1: 'DARI. Feather head-dress worn in dances Kab.'
Card 2: 'Cane frame bound with fine string coloured red, white, blue. White cut feathers bound in round edge. Cassowary feathers tied along junction.'
Used for warfare and ceremonial purposes. Dirty; Fair
Event Date
Author: Rachel Hand
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Ref. Plate: VI, VIII
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Card 1: 'DARI. Feather head-dress worn in dances Kab.'
Card 2: 'Cane frame bound with fine string coloured red, white, blue. White cut feathers bound in round edge. Cassowary feathers tied along junction.'
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
DHARI headdress
Event Date 7/12/2016
Author: maa
Conservation (Assessment Only)
CON.2016.3389 | Assessment Only
Event Date 7/6/2016
Author: Kirstie Williams
FM:79555
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