Dance Costume Ornament
29-50-668
From: New Guinea | Yentshemangua
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-668 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | Yentshemangua |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Grass | Pigment |
| Description | Wooden, crescent-shaped, painted, with human mask in low relief on each face. The wings of the crescent are supported by the figures of two cocks. The ornament is provided with a contrivance, consisting of three sticks lashed together and adorned with bunches of dried grass, intended probably for attaching it to the headpiece of a dancing costume. |
| Length | 64 cm |
| Width | 45.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 517 - Other Number |
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