Headdress
Item number 2777/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Colourful headdress with a turtle on mulberry fibre, wrapped around the front of a corrugated cardboard and plastic head ring covered with white fabric and decorative elements. A long blonde hair wig and pink feathers are stitched on to a frame at the back. Around and above the nose of the turtle are bands of green and red metal beads and brown shells, from the top of which project five black fabric-covered wood sticks with white shells and ivory coloured polished coconut shell rings adhered to their lengths.
Item History
- Made by Emmy Fidow (Maker) in Samoa during 2009
- Owned by Dorie Havens before November 30, 2009
- Received from Dorie Havens (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Acquisitions Budget (Funding source) on November 30, 2009
What
- Name
- Headdress
- Identification Number
- 2777/1
- Type of Item
- headdress
- Material
- paper mulberry bark, synthetic hair, feather, cotton fibre, coconut nutshell, seed, shell, grass, metal, plastic, adhesive, synthetic fibre, wood and paper
- Overall
- height 63.0 cm, width 36.0 cm, depth 36.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Samoa
Who
- Culture
- Samoan
- Creator
- Emmy Fidow (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Dorie Havens
- Received from
- Dorie Havens (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Acquisitions Budget (Funding source)
When
- Creation Date
- during 2009
- Ownership Date
- before November 30, 2009
- Acquisition Date
- on November 30, 2009
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 54
- Accession Number
- 2777/0001
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