married woman's headdress, unrecorded Ipili-Payala artist

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unrecorded Ipili-Payala artist, married woman's headdress
unrecorded Ipili-Payala artist, married woman's headdress
unrecorded Ipili-Payala artist
married woman's headdress
late 1800s–1967
unrecorded Ipili-Payala artist, artist
married woman's headdress, late 1800s–1967
Where object was made: Lagaip, Papua New Guinea
Material/technique: plant fiber; shell; netting
Dimensions:
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 58 x 21 cm
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 8 1/4 x 22 13/16 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: KUEA Funds
Accession number: 2007.6782
Not on display
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Archive label, Ipili exhibit Natural History Museum, 1979:
Headdress
A netted headdress, like the one shown here, is commonly worn by young married women. The woman shown in the photograph wears such a headdress and also displays arm bands and a skirt--items shown elsewhere in the exhibit.