Subject: kain chief
Culture: (n)Dani
Setting: tribal warfare, Irian Jaya highlands mid-20thc
Object: ornaments > sue lare whisk
Tarrant County College Northeast > Bell Library *
* Tropenmuseum > Nieuw-Guinea
"Rituele kwast van een oorlogsleider Veren, plantaardige vezels.
Dani (volk), Centraal Bergland, Papoea, Indonesië. 20ste eeuw."
"War leader's ritual whisk Feathers, plant fibers.
Central Highlands, Papua, Indonesia. 20th century." ...
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology > Pacific Islands Hall *
"Whisk (sue lare) feathers New Guinea, Dani, received from Boksu
The Dani recognize a symbolic association between humans and birds.
The feathers of parrots, herons, cockatoos, cassowaries,
and several species of birds-of-paradise are used to decorate a wide variety of objects,
particularly those associated with ritual and war." ...
