breast-ornament
- Museum number
- Oc1933,0204.1
- Description
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Breast ornament made of ovulum ovum shells mounted on a cane frame.
- Dimensions
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Length: 22 inches (from register)
- Curator's comments
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1933 register information:
[Astrolable Bay region?] New Guinea
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Nekgini. N.G. East Astrolabe Bay. Not seen it before. Porer Nombo and Pinabin Sisau, Reite Village, Madang, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia Project 6 August 2009. Tape 68.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1933
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1933,0204.1