Fighting Cap

P1131

From: Borneo | Sarawak

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1131
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Long Wat
Provenience Borneo | Sarawak
Section Oceanian
Materials Gibbon Skin (uncertain) | Fur | Shell
Description

Fighting cap. Lavong. Animal skin (gibbon?) with brown hair. Round shell disc on one side. Three feathers, two of which are black and white tail feathers of the rhinoceros hornbill. Original catalogue entry lists "1 cap and 10 separate feathers."

Length 20 cm
Width 11 cm
Credit Line Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898

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