Breast ornament; 3 pairs of boars' tusks (one missing), mounted on wound barkcloth and stringwork that has been ?dyed or painted with ?ochre. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/12/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Breast ornament; 3 pairs of boars' tusks (one missing), mounted on wound barkcloth and stringwork that has been ?dyed or painted with ?ochre. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 7/12/2005]
Geographical reference: Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea; Western Province Upper Fly River
Person: Field collector Sydney Douglas Burrows; PRM source Mrs M.O. Burrows; PRM source Mrs Gordon Canning
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1932
Date collected: By 1932
Acquisition information: Donated: 1932
Materials and processes: Material Boar Tooth Animal, Material String, Material Bark Fibre Plant, Material Pigment, Material Ochre, Process Tied, Process Bound, Process Wound, Process Dyed, Process Painted
Dimensions: Length: max 470 mm including stringwork
Object numbers: Accession number: 1932.53.10
Research and responses: According to Dr M. O’Hanlon, A.R.M. probably stands for Assistant Resident Magistrate. [CW 23/2/2000] Confirmed by Sylvia Schaffarczyk, a PhD student from the Australian National University, in September 2004 during a visit to research collections made by Australian colonial administrators in Papua New Guinea. [ZM 3/9/2004]