| Collection | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection |
| Object Name | headdress |
| 301 |
| Object Number | ABDUA:453 |
| Other Number | G83+9P |
| Other Number Type | old number |
| Brief Description | Long panelled headdress made of plaited vegetable fibre, decorated with red, yellow and green feathers. There are a number of black and white feathers at one end. There are six transverse panels and twelve groups of strands at one end. Some of the strands at the other end are damaged. Melanesia Slip Catalogue: "83+9P. Headdresses, two, native dancer's, in plaited vegetable fibre, decorated with red, yellow and green feathers. Port Moresby, New Guinea. Presented by Lord & Lady Stonehaven, Ury House, Kincardineshire, 1932. Lengths (excluding cords) - 560mm, 500mm. Slip catalogued and numbered 29/12/71". |
| Dimensions | Panel: 590mm x 190mm x L[overall]: 1180mm |
| Materials | feathers, vegetable fibre |
| Condition | Fair |
| Place Key | Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, South East, Port Moresby |
| Field Collector | Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven John Lawrence; Keith-Falconer, Viscountess Stonehaven Ethel Sydney |
| Aquisition Source | Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven John Lawrence; Keith-Falconer, Viscountess Stonehaven Ethel Sydney |