Fighting Cap

P1130

From: Borneo | Sarawak

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1130
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Borneo | Sarawak
Section Oceanian
Materials Leaf | Peel
Description

Lavong. Rattan. Round cap of basket-weave multi strand rattan peel. Coiled peak, with center projection, of dark plant fiber (vine?). Light colored streamers of palm leaf (?) hanging from top and interlaced around bottom. Twisted chin cord. "[War-cap] of rattan and split bamboo." (Furness, The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters, following p. 92)

Length 27 cm
Width 17 cm
Credit Line Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898

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