Headdress Item Number: B171 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Basket headdress base covered with hair, hide, metal band, two tusks and 6 black and white hornbill feathers for decoration.
History Of Use
Warrior's helmet.
Item History
- Made in Sarawak, Malaysia before 1927
- Collected between 1895 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
- Name
- Headdress
- Identification Number
- B171
- Type of Item
- headdress
- Material
- rattan, tusk, hair, steel metal, hornbill feather and skin
- Manufacturing Technique
- woven
- Overall
- height 41.0 cm, diameter 24.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Bidayuh
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Sarawak, Malaysia
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1895 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2191/0373