Fighting Cap

P1133

From: Borneo | Sarawak | Pliran River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P1133
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Borneo | Sarawak | Pliran River
Section Oceanian
Materials Scaly Anteater | Hornbill Feathers
Description

Tapong Aam. Skin of Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) with four black and white tail feathers of rhinocerous hornbill (one trimmed). "[C]ap made of the skin of a manis [pangolin, scaly anteater]." (The Home-Life of Borneo Head-Hunters)

Length 29 cm
Width 20 cm
Credit Line Gift of Dr. William H. Furness 3rd., 1898

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