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Start Over Collection place Melanesia Taxon Casuarius Function 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-37848, described as Dagger, ritual digging tool; section of cassowary bone with joint-end broken off; incised curvilinear and zig-zag designs around a humanlike face; worn by village big-men (nimandu) in their plaited armbands, as an ornament; sometimes used in fighting.
Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, incised bone sections, woven cord, accession number 11-38098, described as Necklace made from sawn off sections of incised cassowary bone. Strung onto plaited fiber cord which is tied together at end.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Feathers, accession number 11-38714, described as Head ornament; looped headband of tree inner bark; cassowary feathers, punting and wesek painted with mut; worn over forehead, fastened with pig leg bone (HIN) on headnet
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Feathers, accession number 11-38715, described as Head ornament; looped headband of tree inner bark; cassowary feathers, punting and wesek painted with mut; worn over forehead, fastened with pig leg bone (HIN) on headnet
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Feathers, accession number 11-38716, described as Head ornament; looped headband of tree inner bark; cassowary feathers, punting and wesek painted with mut; worn over forehead, fastened with pig leg bone (HIN) on headnet
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Feathers, accession number 11-38717, described as Head ornament; looped headband of tree inner bark; cassowary feathers, punting and wesek painted with mut; worn over forehead, fastened with pig leg bone (HIN) on headnet
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Feathers, accession number 11-38718, described as Head ornament; looped headband of tree inner bark; cassowary feathers, punting and wesek painted with mut; worn over forehead, fastened with pig leg bone (HIN) on headnet
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Feathers, accession number 11-38719, described as Head ornament; looped headband of tree inner bark; cassowary feathers, punting and wesek painted with mut; worn over forehead, fastened with pig leg bone (HIN) on headnet
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Feathers, accession number 11-38720, described as Head ornament; looped headband of tree inner bark; cassowary feathers, punting and wesek painted with mut; worn over forehead, fastened with pig leg bone (HIN) on headnet
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Feathers, accession number 11-38721, described as Head ornament; looped headband of tree inner bark; cassowary feathers, punting and wesek painted with mut; red lori feathers; worn over forehead, fastened with pig leg bone (HIN) on headnet

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