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Breast Ornament

29-50-36

From: New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Yentshemangua

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 29-50-36
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Yentshemangua
Section Oceanian
Materials Cloth | Shell | Tusk
Description

Man's breast ornament. Face as 29-50-34. Nassa shells on forehead, etc.; cowries as eyes. Triple nose ornament; one element consists of single split boar's tusk. Straps. Feathers.
Height 32 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924
Other Number 249 - Other Number

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