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.
The object Head ornament “naute” with the object ID 3035173 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 18.
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