Dance Headdress
- Culture
- Iatmul artist
- Date
- late 20th century
- Material
- Fiber, cassowary feathers, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell, pig tusks, pigment, Job's tears seeds
- Classification
- Bone & shell, costume & clothing
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 24 1/8 in. × 8 in. × 2 3/16 in. × 11 5/16 in. (61.3 × 20.3 × 5.5 × 28.7 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of John Nunley and Jackie Lewis-Harris
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 18:1993.1
NOTES
The human body is one of the most important sites for artistic display in New Guinea. Body decoration and adornment are closely linked to a group’s social identity and their connection with each other. Adorned with ornaments, paint, and ceremonial clothing, people are transformed physically and spiritually for rituals acts, celebrations, or historically, warfare. This dance headdress incorporates cassowary feathers, shells, and pig tusks on a fiber headband.
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