Head ornament "naute" · Papua New Guinea, Abelam · ID: 3035173
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Size
H: 47cm
B: 54 cm
H: 47cm
B: 21.3 inch
Description
cantilevered disc-shaped ornament of lygodium wickerwork, partly plaited in openwork design, dyed with white pigment, red and yellow ochre, in very good condition, metal socle;
dance ornament for “big men” (“nimandu”), worn e.g. at the so-called “kagu” dance in the ritual house; by small rods and cord attached to the hair on the back of the head.