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1938.36.228

Dance-pendant of 4 pairs of boars' tusks mounted on barkcloth and red trade cloth, with 4 Canarium nut-shells as a jingle. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/9/2005]

1938.36.228

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Collection type
Object
Description
Dance-pendant of 4 pairs of boars' tusks mounted on barkcloth and red trade cloth, with 4 Canarium nut-shells as a jingle. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/9/2005]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Gulf Province Kikori District Orokolo Bay
Person
Field collector Beatrice Mary Blackwood
PRM source Beatrice Mary Blackwood
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1937
Date collected
By 1937
Acquisition information
Donated: 1938
Materials and processes
Material Boar Tooth Animal, Material Bark Cloth Textile Plant, Material Plant Nut-shell, Material Textile, Material Pigment, Process Beaten, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length: max 660 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.36.228 Other numbers: Blackwood ii 228

Search terms: Ornament, Dance, Music, Pendant, Dance Accessory, Musical Instrument

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