Two pig's tusks bound into an ornament with plant fibre, resin, and two red abrus seeds. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/9/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Two pig's tusks bound into an ornament with plant fibre, resin, and two red abrus seeds. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/9/2005]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Southern Highlands District Was River Valley
Cultural groups: Wola
Person: Field collector Paul Sillitoe; PRM source Trustees of the British Museum; PRM source British Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1978
Date collected: 1976 - 1978
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1979
Materials and processes: Material Pig Tooth Animal, Material Plant Fibre, Material Abrus Precatorius Seed Plant, Material Resin Plant, Process Bound, Process Twisted
Dimensions: Length: max 135 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1979.21.32

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