Breast Ornament
| Object Number: | 29-50-48 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | New Guinea German New Guinea Sepik River Yentshemangua |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Cloth Plant Fiber Cowrie |
| Length: | 71 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number: | 250 - Other Number |
Description
Man's breast ornament. Band of plaited fibres covered on forward surface with large cowries, ending in strings for fastening. At each end of band proper a piece of bone of ellipsoidal shape to which is fastened imitation of metal chain. From centre of band hangs a bunch of fibres and several of feathers.
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