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. Black wood piece and woven fiber piece extending from the front. 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: E430699-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Headdress
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 55 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5 cm