Breast Ornament
29-50-30
From: New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Kaulagu
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-30 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Kaulagu |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Cloth | Shell | Tusk |
| Description | Man's breast ornament. Face constructed as 29-50-29. Oval with semicircular flaps for ears. Ornament consisting of two pieces of shell simulating split boar's tusks passed through septum of nose. 2 split boar's tusks hang behind face; also bunches of feathers. Necklace portion consists of cowries strung on fibre cord. |
| Height | 38 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 258 - Other Number |
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