Figure 48.—Feather headdress (British Mus., no. 120); total height from cap rim to top of feather work 1,020 mm. a, front: cap may be divided into four sections: 1, lower quadrangular area covered with closely set small red parakeet feathers, with a white cowrie shell at each lower corner, and sides with small red parakeet feathers on holders; 2, second area covered with small red parakeet feathers on holders and a white cowrie shell in middle; 3, third wider area with split black feathers on holders; 4, top narrow area with split black feathers on holders attached to a central rod; tufts of hair (5) and stipule band (6) show at sides. b, back: areas numbered same as in front but with lowest area covered by tufts of human hair (5) and junction with second area covered by a transverse band (6), now loose, covered with red and yellow feathers. c, side view: same numbering.