Headdress

Description

Headdress worn by a warrior, close-fitting cap made of barkcloth over a frame of coiled coconut fibre cord: Pacific Peoples, Austral Islands

Museum reference

A.UC.439

Collection

Oceania

Object name

Headdress

Production information

Austral Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia

Style / Culture

Pacific Peoples

Materials

Barkcloth, Coconut fibre

Associations

Sir Thomas Brisbane Collection
Collector: Brisbane, Thomas Makdougall, Sir, 1773 - 1860