Skip Navigation

Collection Menu
Tomman Islander. <em>Headdress</em>, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 62.18.4_threequarter_PS11.jpg)
Tomman Islander. Headdress, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 62.18.4_threequarter_PS11.jpg)
Tomman Islander. <em>Headdress</em>, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 62.18.4_threequarter_PS11.jpg)

Tomman Islander. Headdress, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 62.18.4_threequarter_PS11.jpg)

Tomman Islander. <em>Headdress</em>, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 62.18.4_threequarter_acetate_bw.jpg)

Tomman Islander. Headdress, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 62.18.4_threequarter_acetate_bw.jpg)

Tomman Islander. <em>Headdress</em>, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.62.18.4_detail02.jpg)

Tomman Islander. Headdress, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.62.18.4_detail02.jpg)

Tomman Islander. <em>Headdress</em>, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 62.18.4_detail01_PS11.jpg)

Tomman Islander. Headdress, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 62.18.4_detail01_PS11.jpg)

Tomman Islander. <em>Headdress</em>, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 62.18.4_front_PS11.jpg)

Tomman Islander. Headdress, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 62.18.4_front_PS11.jpg)

Tomman Islander. <em>Headdress</em>, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 62.18.4_detail03_PS11.jpg)

Tomman Islander. Headdress, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 62.18.4_detail03_PS11.jpg)

Tomman Islander. <em>Headdress</em>, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 62.18.4_detail02_PS11.jpg)

Tomman Islander. Headdress, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 62.18.4_detail02_PS11.jpg)

Tomman Islander. <em>Headdress</em>, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.62.18.4_detail04.jpg)

Tomman Islander. Headdress, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.62.18.4_detail04.jpg)

Tomman Islander. <em>Headdress</em>, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.62.18.4_detail01.jpg)

Tomman Islander. Headdress, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.62.18.4_detail01.jpg)

Tomman Islander. <em>Headdress</em>, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 62.18.4_front_acetate_bw.jpg)

Tomman Islander. Headdress, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 62.18.4_front_acetate_bw.jpg)

DOWNLOAD

Headdress

Arts of the Pacific Islands

CULTURE Tomman Islander
MEDIUM Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment
  • Place Made: Tomman Island, Malampa Province, Vanuatu
    • DATES early 20th century
    DIMENSIONS 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm)  (show scale)
    INSCRIPTIONS "D.39.3 185" written in white on side of base, supposedly a depot number
    COLLECTIONS Arts of the Pacific Islands
    ACCESSION NUMBER 62.18.4
    CREDIT LINE Frank L. Babbott Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Headdress molded in clay over a fiber ground. Four horn-like projections, each of clay modeled on a stick and fiber support. Headdress is painted blue and red. Boar's tusks, a pair on each side, ornament each face.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Tomman Islander. Headdress, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 62.18.4_threequarter_PS11.jpg)
    IMAGE 62.18.4_threequarter_PS11.jpg., 2019
    "CUR" at the beginning of an image file name means that the image was created by a curatorial staff member. These study images may be digital point-and-shoot photographs, when we don\'t yet have high-quality studio photography, or they may be scans of older negatives, slides, or photographic prints, providing historical documentation of the object.
    RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY
    You may download and use Brooklyn Museum images of this three-dimensional work in accordance with a Creative Commons license. Fair use, as understood under the United States Copyright Act, may also apply. Please include caption information from this page and credit the Brooklyn Museum. If you need a high resolution file, please fill out our online application form (charges apply). For further information about copyright, we recommend resources at the United States Library of Congress, Cornell University, Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums, and Copyright Watch. For more information about the Museum's rights project, including how rights types are assigned, please see our blog posts on copyright. If you have any information regarding this work and rights to it, please contact copyright@brooklynmuseum.org.
    RECORD COMPLETENESS
    Not every record you will find here is complete. More information is available for some works than for others, and some entries have been updated more recently. Records are frequently reviewed and revised, and we welcome any additional information you might have.
    Tomman Islander. <em>Headdress</em>, early 20th century. Bamboo, leaves, vegetal-fiber paste, tusks, pigment, 20 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 21 in. (52.7 x 49.5 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, 62.18.4. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , 62.18.4_threequarter_PS11.jpg)

    TAGS

    x-ray

    TAGS

    x-ray

    RELATED OBJECTS

    Children of Yesteryear Embarkation Lydia Field Emmet Calm in Gloucester Harbor The Captive Shining Rails Pipe Bowl representing Owl Pair of Moccasins Single Head Goblet (Mbwoongntey) Male Nude with Hat Carrying a Spear Cup Cup Goblet Woman’s Bustle (Negbe) and Front Piece (Nogimwu) Cup Portrait of Mlle Fiocre in the Ballet "La Source" (Portrait de Mlle...E[ugénie] F[iocre]: à propos du ballet "La Source") Forest at Fontainebleau Panther Chasing a Stork Ibis Mummy The Fugitive, Study for Timon of Athens Headdress (Nalowan Nambatin avi)