Accession No
Z 7524
Description
Ornament - Card 1: 'Head, neck & plumes of the bird-o-paradise (P. saggiana) degem.'
Card 2: 'Head, neck and plumes of a bird-of-paradise. Skin dried and set. Not mounted.'
Worn on head and elsewhere in ceremonies. Stated to be imported from New Guinea.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait; Mer
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7524; MAA: Z 7524; OH 904; 414A
Cultural Affliation
Material
Feather; Bird of Paradise Feather; Leather; Bird of Paradise Skin
Local Term
Degem
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in ? 1898; Ref. Plate: Pl. VII, fig. 2
' Exhibited: 'Torres Strait Islanders: An Exhibition Marking the Centenary of the 1898 Cambridge Anthropological Exhibition' at UCMAA, July 1998 to December 2000, with following label " Feathers degem. Bird of paradise decoration worn in dances. these birds are only found in PNG. Mer. c.A.C. Haddon 1898. Z 7524" F. Veys, 7/8/2006'
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'Head, neck & plumes of the bird-of-paradise (P. saggiana) degem.'
Card 2: 'Head, neck and plumes of a bird-of-paradise. Skin dried and set. Not mounted.'
Worn on head and elsewhere in ceremonies. Stated to be imported from New Guinea; Fair
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79567
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