20th C. Papua New Guinea Cassowary Feather Headdress - Highlands Adornment
Updated August 6, 2026
| Lot number | 0140 |
| Estimate | $400 - $600 |
| Opening bid | $175 |
| Auction | Summer Marketplace | Ancient & Ethnographic |
| Date | August 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT |
| Auction house | Artemis Fine Arts |
| Location | Louisville, Colorado |
Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Highlands peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A dense headdress of glossy black cassowary plumes radiating outward, bound at the base into a woven vegetal fiber cap
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