Lot Essay
Biebuyck notes that the headbands were worn with others of shells and fur for the end of the pig ceremony by men and unmarried girls
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FROM MOGHLAGNI, WAHGI VALLEY, HIGHLANDS
Details
A New Guinea feather headband
From Moghlagni, Wahgi Valley, Highlands
Composed of a row of white feathers each side of a central cluster of red and black feathers, smaller red and black feathers below, bound to bamboo strips by orchid bast and secured by twisted fibre ties
25cm. wide
From Moghlagni, Wahgi Valley, Highlands
Composed of a row of white feathers each side of a central cluster of red and black feathers, smaller red and black feathers below, bound to bamboo strips by orchid bast and secured by twisted fibre ties
25cm. wide
Literature
Biebuyck, D., and Van den Abbeele, N., The Power of Headdresses, Brussels, 1084, p.216, Pl.172