Forehead Ornament
52-42-3
From: New Britain | West Nakanai
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 52-42-3 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Lakalai |
| Provenience | New Britain | West Nakanai |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Turtle Shell |
| Description | Of turtleshell. Presumably worn by men. Broken. Thin disc cut out to form plant with three large leaves and with stem from base terminating on each side in an inturned leaf. Native name - La Kabilaaso. |
| Credit Line | New Guinea Ethnological Reconnaissance; Ward Goodenough, 1952 |
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