Pig festival, stake-planting, Tuguma: man adjusts headdress worn by unmarried woman

"Most attention is given to the headdress. A crown of feather, eagle and parrot being most common, encricles the head. The feathers are attached to a basketry base which is often hidden by marsupial fur bands, bands made of yellow orchid stems and green beetles, or festoons of small cowrie shells. From the center of the head rises a flexible reed, two or even three feet long, to which is attached a plum made either from feathers or an entire stuffed bird." Rappaport, Roy. Ritual in the ecology of a New Guinea people. (Ph.D. thesis, Columbia, 1966) p. 310-311.

• June 24, 1963

• Rappaport, Roy A.

This digital image is a surrogate of an item from the Roy Rappaport Papers (Archive negative 2, Roll 19, Envelope 16-21, Frame 20)

• Madang Province (Papua New Guinea)
• Melanesia
• Oceania
• Pacific Islands
• Papua New Guinea

• Clothing and dress
• Hats
• Headdresses
• Jewelry
• Maring (Papua New Guinean people)
• Rites and ceremonies
• Women

• image

Event ID: Rappaport roll number: RRB25

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