Accession No
E 1905.230 A
Description
Frontlet of cassowary feathers with ornamental woven string band
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; British New Guinea; Western Division; Fly River Delta and Rarai
Period
Source
Cooke Daniels, William (Major) [donor]; Seligman, Charles Gabriel (Dr) [acting donor]; Daniels Ethnographical Expedition [collector]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1905.230 A; MAA: AR 1905.854
Cultural Affliation
Material
Feather
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Frontlet of cassowary feathers with ornamental woven string band.
Event Date 1/8/1998
Author: maa
Context (Other)
AR number given for this object/record relates to E 1905.229. Annual Report records three frontlets AR 1905.853-5, which correspond to E 1905.228, 229 and 230 B. No record of a further feather frontlet/headdress in accession register (Acc7), 21st annual report for 1905 or in Charles Seligman's original 1905 typescript list of objects donated on behalf on William Cooke Daniels (MAA Archive OA2/12/9).
This is possibly a duplicate/rogue record amalgamating details for E 1905.229 (cassowary feather headdress from Fly River) and E 1905.230 B (pigeon feather headdress from Rarai) - further investigation needed.
Event Date 12/4/2017
Author: heather donoghue
FM:121587
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