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View full screenHeaddress (peue kavii) formed of black frigate bird feathers (otu) covering a crescentic core with ties of flat plaited coir. The black feathers are accented with red, green-yellow feathers at one end of the crescent: Oceania, French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, before 1895
A.1895.363
Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, Polynesia
Second half 19th century
Pacific Peoples
Frigate bird feather, Coir, Coconut fibre
Frigate bird feathers covering a crescentic core; ties of flat plaited coir; the black feathers are accented with red, green-yellow feathers at one end of the crescent
Darsie Collection
Kjellgren, Eric and Carol Ivory. 2005. Adorning the World. Art of the Marquesas Islands. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Belt, of leather, with silver whip and accoutrements including a pouch, knife case and awl case and decorated with 13 German silver conchos, worn by the artist at the 2007 Black Legs ceremony: North America, USA, Oklahoma, Fort Cobb, Kiowa, by Vanessa Paukeigope Jennings, 2007