Head ornament · Papua New Guinea, Abelam · ID: 3032661
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Size
H: 85 cm
H: 33.5 inch
Description
light-weighted wood, front and back painted in red, black and white, crowned by a small bird sculpture, a mask face in half relief on top, completed by a stylized painted body, slightly dam., minor missing parts, paint rubbed off, on metal base;
worn for ritual dances, rims decorated with white downy feathers. Paradise birds feathers, plant fibre and flower ornaments completing the head ornament.
The object Head ornament with the object ID 3032661 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 17.
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Comparing literature
Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold (Hg.), Abelam, Detmold 1989, p. 30