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."
* 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." ...
