Headress, fau, of wicker, feathers, etc., from the Society Islands (probably Tahiti); part of the Forster collection (Forster 5; 1886.1.1683)

A cylinder of woven plant material, probably the split aerial rootlets of the 'ie'ie (Freycinetia arborea), with an attached frontal shield-shaped section covered with black feathers, rimmed with white feathers, with short bar of yellow feathers across front. The tail feathers of tropic birds have been used to ornament the edge of the frontal shield

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