Ceremonial Headdress
Lardil
Mornington Island
North Queensland
Queensland
Australia
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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