Description (Physical description)
A feather cap.
Event Date
Author: rachel hand

Context (Display)
Label found with object, possibly from display: '1887.73 / Dress made of bark-cloth elaborately trimmed with birds' skins, shells, strings of teeth, seeds etc. Also a feather cap and ornaments of bird bones, beetles wings and seeds and necklaces of teeth and seeds. d.d. Baron von Hugel'
[This label is stored with 1887.73 D-F. Katrina Dring, 23/04/2024]
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
B has a bird's head and ?wings forming the front decoration and C, beetle's wings, teeth and seeds at the bottom.
Event Date
Author: rachel hand

Context (Related Documents)
The 1887 Annual Report reads: 'A dress made of barkcloth and elaborately trimmed with bird-skins, strings of teeth, seeds etc; a feather cap; an ornament of bird bones, beetle-wings and seeds, worn hanging down the back and three necklaces of teeth and seeds. *The curator [6 specimens]'.
Event Date 1887
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
Accession Register Adds: 'Bought from Edward Whymper (£11.2.0) see other book (under 1887.7).' It is not clear what the 'other book' is a reference to at this time. M. Backhouse, 18/07/2004.
Event Date 28/7/2004
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Headdress formed around band of barkcloth, outer face decorated with trimmed quills. Blue, red and yellow feathers are inserted around the headdress with a blue bird mounted at centre front; a collection of long tail feathers from different species extends upwards. At either side hangs a long string onto which iridescent green wing cases from beetles are tied, on one string is a pair of larger wing cases. Each string terminates in a bundle of red and yellow feathers.
Event Date 14/7/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (Other)
AS numbers: This numbering system was created by Anatole von Hügel in the early years of the Museum. AS stands for 'Americas South'. The number (in this case, '6') indicates that it is the 6th collection from South America to be acquired by the Museum. The letter suffix in superscript differentiates the objects within the 6th collection.
Event Date 18/7/2021
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
Shuar; Achuar has been added to the cultural group field for 1887.73 A-F due to similar objects in other collections such as at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Smithsonian.
Event Date 23/4/2024
Author: Katrina Dring