Accession No
Z 7787
Description
Ornament - Card 1: 'NADUA or KOLBER KOLBER Triple plumes of cassowary feathers worn in the belt at the back for dancing.'
Card 2: 'Triple plume of cassowary feathers bound together.'
Inserted into belt at the back for dances and ceremonies.
Place
Oceania; Australasia; Australia; Queensland; Torres Strait
Period
Source
Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr) [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 7787; MAA: Z 7787; OH 909
Cultural Affliation
Material
Feather; Cassowary Feather
Local Term
Nadua; Samera; Kolber-kolber
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Collected by: Haddon, Dr A.C. in 1898; Ref. Plate: Pl. VIII, fig. 5
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Card 1: 'NADUA or KOLBER KOLBER Triple plumes of cassowary feathers worn in the belt at the back for dancing.'
Card 2: 'Triple plume of cassowary feathers bound together.'
Inserted into belt at the back for dances and ceremonies; Good.
Event Date 3/11/1994
Author: maa
FM:79677
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