Wealth Token

62-19-78B

From: New Guinea | Eastern Highlands, New Guinea

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

Native Name Gerua
Object Number 62-19-78B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Gimi
Provenience New Guinea | Eastern Highlands, New Guinea
Locus Labogai census district | Hegeturu Community
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Gerua boards used in pig festivals and later abandoned in trees; painted in bright colors

Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leonard B. Glick, 1962

Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.