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1981.36.17

Head ornament, wooden board carved with hornbills, geometric patterns and a human head [El.B 20/11/2008]

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1981.36.17

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Collection type
Object
Description
Head ornament, wooden board carved with hornbills, geometric patterns and a human head [El.B 20/11/2008]
Long description
Head ornament, wooden board carved with hornbills, geometric patterns and a human head. The object has been brightly painted in black, red, yellow and white [SM 24/11/2008]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Middle Sepik River area
Person
Field collector Richard Lornie
PRM source Richard Lornie
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1970?, uncertain
Date collected
?1970 - 1980
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1981
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Painted
Dimensions
Length: max 945 mm, Width: max 435 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1981.36.17
Associated publications
Illustrated in colour on page 16 of The Pitt Rivers Museum: An Introduction (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, 2009). Caption (on page 17) reads: 'a head ornament, Wosera people, Papua New Guinea'. [JC 27 8 2009]

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