Pig killing apron adorner. The apron is made mainly of string textile with hanging strips of stringwork and chains with the links made from plaited plant fibre. The stringwork is decorated with yellow, red, white and black pigment. The apron is held on by means of stringwork ties. [MdeA 21/11/2001]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pig killing apron adorner. The apron is made mainly of string textile with hanging strips of stringwork and chains with the links made from plaited plant fibre. The stringwork is decorated with yellow, red, white and black pigment. The apron is held on by means of stringwork ties. [MdeA 21/11/2001]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Southern Highlands Province Yorai village
Person: Field collector Geoff Carey; PRM source Geoff Carey, New Guinea Arts; PRM source Michael O'Hanlon
Date / Period: Date made: Before 2001
Date collected: By 2001
Acquisition information: Purchased: 01/05/2001
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Yarn Plant, Material String, Material Pigment, Material Plant Fibre, Process Plaited, Process Knitted
Dimensions: Width: max 410 mm, Length 550 mm excluding ties, approx
Object numbers: Accession number: 2001.27.5
Research and responses: See Sillitoe 'Made in Niugini', British Museum Publication, 1988, pp.454-6 for information on such artefacts (information supplied by Dr O'Hanlon)

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