Headdress Item Number: Ie438 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Headdress composed of a piece of tapa cloth with rounded corners and decorated with bands of zigzag in red ochre. Woven and wound string with a linear pattern in light grey Job's Tears seeds and segments of black bamboo. The exposed string is rubbed with red, black and yellow pigment (?).
History Of Use
Worn only by young men during initiation ceremonies. These ceremonies may last several days and involve considerable physical hardships.
Cultural Context
ceremonial; initiation
Item History
- Made in Papua New Guinea
- Collected during 1974
- Owned by Paul Luoma before January 4, 1982
- Received from Paul Luoma (Donor) on January 4, 1982
What
- Name
- Headdress
- Identification Number
- Ie438
- Type of Item
- headdress
- Material
- bamboo grass, paper mulberry bark, fibre, seed and ochre pigment
- Manufacturing Technique
- dried, tied, dyed, polished, pounded and rolled
- Overall
- height 9.0 cm, width 37.0 cm, depth 38.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- New Guinea
- Previous Owner
- Paul Luoma
- Received from
- Paul Luoma (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Papua New Guinea
When
- Collection Date
- during 1974
- Ownership Date
- before January 4, 1982
- Acquisition Date
- on January 4, 1982
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0786/0010