Breast Ornament
29-50-43
From: New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Kanduonum
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-43 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Kanduonum |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Cloth | Cowrie | Tusk |
| 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. |
| Length | 56 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 256 - Other Number |
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