Breast Ornament
| Object Number: | 29-50-41 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | New Guinea German New Guinea Sepik River Kanduonum |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Cloth Shell Feather |
| Height: | 36 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number: | 360 - Other Number |
Description
Man's breast ornament. Face as 29-50-38 but ears triangular like remaining 5 flaps. Covered with nassa shells; cowries for eyes. Cowries on straps. Pendent bunches of feathers and fibers.
Bibliography:
| [Book] Wardwell, Allen. 1971. The Art of the Sepik River.. The Art Institute of Chicago. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 47 (No. 89) | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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