Man's ceremonial headdress, "sapa-un-pe"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jun 2005
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Base made of dried reeds tied together w/ string. Long wood shavings twisted together and tied along the sides, with curly ends loose in the back. Carved wood figure of 2 bear heads attached to front. 4 squares of red cotton cloth attached to sides. According to Chisato Dubreuil, this is worn during ceremonial occasions. Made for the 1999 NMNH exhibit "Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People" using traditional Ainu materials and techniques.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ainu
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2026093
label: USNM Number
content: E430700-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 51 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 20 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5 cm