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Description: | Headdress (Bedamuni: wiida sii, sii tabura). A headdress made from the feathers of a Cassowary. In the middle of the headdress is fixed a Cassowary’s quill, on which are stuck a red seed (pôpia, Erythrina sp) and a barega (Hornbill) feather. These headdresses are worn by men when dressing up for formal occasions and war parties.
caption: General view of object no. 1982.117ii. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | headdresses (ceremonial artefacts & rank insignia) hornbill feather cassowary quill cassowary feather Erythrina seed Bedamuni War- and Peace-making | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-4223 | Go to resource |
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