Ceremonial Hat "Helekhun"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: 1958 to 1984
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Achilla I. Erdican
label: Collector
content: Albert G. Erdican
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Achilla I. Erdican
notes: label: Notes
content: CONICAL BASKETRY HAT, PLAITED OF RED CANE AND YELLOW ORCHID STALKS, CRESTED WITH RED GOAT'S HAIR. SIDES DECORATED WITH BOAR'S TUSKS. THIS TYPE OF HAT WAS WORN BY MEN DURING HEAD HUNTING CEREMONIES. (FURER-HAIMENDORF, 1969, P.13) A PHOTOGRAPH SENT BY THE DONOR SHOWS THE HAT BEING WORN TOPPED WITH A SINGLE WHITE AND BLACK FEATHER. THIS FEATHER WAS NOT RECEIVED WHEN THE HAT ORIGINALLY ARRIVED AT THE MUSEUM.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Assam, India, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chang Naga
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 366037
label: USNM Number
content: E424219-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hat
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 32 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 22 cm