Fighting Cap
P1129
From: Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | P1129 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Kayan (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Borneo | Dutch West Borneo | Mendalam River |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Peel | Feather | Wool | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Fighting cap. Lavong laga. Rattan. Round cap of basket-weave multi strand rattan peel. Coiled peak, with center projection, of finer split rattan. One black and white tail feather of the Rhinoceros Hornbill and two long thin unidentified feathers attached to center projection, a third (originally attached at center?) stuck into side of top. Catalogued as "1 cap and 4 separate feathers. " |
| Length | 18 cm |
| Width | 17 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899 |
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