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.
Comparing literature
Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold (Hg.), Abelam, Detmold 1989, p. 30