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MEMOIRS OF TEE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
Plate VI. 
Four Papuan ceremonial head-dresses (same history). 
Fig. 1. — Height 2 ft. 7 in. Specimen No.: Q.M. E. 13/231. 
Fig. 2. — A mask supporting an imitation banana tree. The broad leaves 
are provided with streamers. The bunch of bananas, hanging about midway, 
is somewhat obscured by drapings from above. Total height 4 ft. 11 in. 
Specimen No.: Q.M. E. 13/239. 
Fig. 3. — Mask with liair-pad. The human hair is matted together with 
burrs. Total height 2 ft. 3 in. Specimen No.: Q.M. E. 13/236. 
Fig. 4. — The upper portions of this head-dress are decorated with native 
bark cloth, painted similarly to tappa cloth, and dyed grass fringes ; the whole 
is finished off with a crest and slit forming an imitation of the cassowary’s 
comb or helmet. Unfortunately this is not shown in the figure, the helmet-like 
crest only coming to light after the photograph had been taken. Specimen 
No.: Q.M. E. 13/241. 
