Ceremonial Headdress

Lardil
Mornington Island
North Queensland
Queensland
Australia

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about 1981

Human hair, bark, emu feathers, and pigment

Overall: 19 in. (48.3 cm)

Overall: 8 in. (20.3 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ann Thomas

2006.72.1

Geography

Place Made: Australia, Oceania

Period

20th century

Object Name

Clothing: Headwear

Research Area

Oceania

Not on view

Provenance

Ann Thomas (1926-2015), Woodstock, Vermont; given to present collection, 2006.

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