Ear ornament of a ring of coconut shell bound with ?bark fibre and with halved coix seeds bound around the edge. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 23/11/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Ear ornament of a ring of coconut shell bound with ?bark fibre and with halved coix seeds bound around the edge. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 23/11/2010]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Oro Province Ijivitari District Collingwood Bay
Cultural groups: Ubir
Person: Field collector Arthur Kent Chignell; PRM source William Henry Chignell
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1908
Date collected: By 1908
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1908
Materials and processes: Material Coix Seed Plant, Material Coconut Husk Plant, Material Bark Fibre Plant, Process Bound, Process Carved
Dimensions: Diameter 70 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1908.70.141
Research and responses: It is clear that the field collector must have been Arthur Kent Chignell, a missionary at Wanigela from 1907, and William Henry Chignell, the donor (he was actually his father) see biographies for details [AP 23/04/2014 amended September 2015 to be clear]
The Ethnologue gives the current spelling of Ubiri as Ubir and says their home is 'Oro Province, Tufi District, coast of Collingwood Bay on the Kwagila River', for Maisin the Ethnologue says 'Oro Province, villages along coast of Collingwood Bay and Kosirava swamp.' [AP 11/5/2000]

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