Breast Ornament
| Object Number: | 29-50-44 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | New Guinea German New Guinea Sepik River Tambunum |
| Locus: | Tambunum |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Cloth Feather |
| Height: | 52 cm |
| Length: | 26 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number: | 260 - Other Number |
Description
Man's breast ornament. Plaited fabric consisting of 2 straps for suspension uniting in triangular piece below with suggestion of eyes and nose. From loop which suggests latter [i.e.nose], hang bunches of feathers.
Back of card reads: "Man's Collar: Of netting with shell [cowry] and feather decoration. The triangular pendant part of the netting foundation is a conventionalized human face. Northeastern New Guinea, Sepik River [3] Kambringi."
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