Breast Ornament
| Object Number: | 29-50-43 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | New Guinea German New Guinea Sepik River Kanduonum |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Cloth Cowrie Tusk |
| Length: | 56 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number: | 256 - Other Number |
Description
Man's breast ornament. Face as 29-50-42; cowries only for eyes. Protruded tongue. Instead of boar's tusks behind is a basketwork frame of which three curved elements at each side suggest relationship to former. The three lower triangular flaps are tipped with cus-cus fur. Between two main upper triangular flaps is a third, smaller. Straps.
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