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1904.60.230

Dance ornament to be held in the teeth; elongated oval with row of cowrie shells around the edge, boars' tusks on both sides and fur tassels hanging down [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/9/2005]

1904.60.230

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Collection type
Object
Description
Dance ornament to be held in the teeth; elongated oval with row of cowrie shells around the edge, boars' tusks on both sides and fur tassels hanging down [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/9/2005]
Geographical reference
Papua New Guinea
Oceania > Melanesia > Papua New Guinea
Oro Province [Kumusi River valley]
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1904
Date collected
Before 1904
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1904
Materials and processes
Material Bark Fibre Plant, Material Boar Tooth Animal, Material Shell, Material Animal Fur Skin, Material Cane Plant, Process Tied, Process Beaten
Dimensions
Length: max 500 mm, Width: max 190 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1904.60.230

Search terms: Ornament, Dance, Dance Accessory, Head Ornament

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