Headdress (Uhikana)
Object type: Headdress
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Marquesan (Enata) people
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Pearl shell, turtle shell, fiber
Dimensions: H. 6 × W. 14 × D. 6 1/2 in. (15.2 × 35.6 × 16.5 cm)
Classification: Shell-Ornaments
Geography:     Marquesas Islands  
Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, 1964
Accession year: 1978