Unknown Artist
Aiya (cassowary feather headdress)
- Other titles:
- Cassowary headdress, Hat
- Location
- Not on display
- Place of origin
-
Laiagam,
Enga Province,
Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Enga people
- Year
- mid 20th century
collected 1963 - Media
- Mixed media
- Medium
- cassowary feathers (Casuarius), plant fibre string plaited to form cord, headdress folds inwards by pulling a cord top centre inside hat
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 40.0 x 40.0 cm overall approx.
- Credit
- Gift of Stan Moriarty 1978
- Accession number
- 288.1978
- Copyright
- © Enga people, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics
