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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 2804918, member: 45"]What is the main part made from? Tapa cloth? and what is the size? That would help identify it, as would a closeup photo, and a photo of the back.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would think, just from what we know from this photo, that it's a dance head piece, possibly from Tahiti, where they use that basic shape, and the combination of feathers on a base of tapa or lauhala weaving. If there isn't any way to attach it so it can actually be worn, however, it would indicate it was made as a decorative item.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 2804918, member: 45"]What is the main part made from? Tapa cloth? and what is the size? That would help identify it, as would a closeup photo, and a photo of the back. I would think, just from what we know from this photo, that it's a dance head piece, possibly from Tahiti, where they use that basic shape, and the combination of feathers on a base of tapa or lauhala weaving. If there isn't any way to attach it so it can actually be worn, however, it would indicate it was made as a decorative item.[/QUOTE]
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