Object class: Basketry (object genre) / Culture or time period: Melanesian cultures / Accession number: Acc.1915 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 11-37848, described as Dagger, ritual digging tool; section of cassowary bone with joint-end broken off; incised curvilinear and zig-zag designs around a humanlike face; worn by village big-men (nimandu) in their plaited armbands, as an ornament; sometimes used in fighting.

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 11-37759, described as lizard figure of carved wood; decorative pattern of spearthrower, to which similar specimens are attached with plaited rattan

Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 11-37758, described as bird figure; carved wood, from piece of wood which also has curvilinear designs; usually found attached to spearthrowers with plaited rattan; whitish pigment on parts of surface

Hearst Museum object titled Head ornament, accession number 11-37852, described as head ornament; rattan basketry frame is attached to interior, triangular base by filigree zig-zag rattan coiled runners; base is section of bark fiber; painted black with earth pigment; 22.3 cm diameter

Hearst Museum object titled Head ornament, accession number 11-37851, described as head ornament; coiled basketry, woven flat with protruding nose in center; outer frame of rattan connected to body of piece by zig-zag filigree work; facial features worked into specimen, emphasized by red, yellow, white paint; 44 cm. length, 32 cm width

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 11-37859, described as dance mask, of helmet type; woven in general shape of bird’s head from Lygodium fiber, with coiled technique; eyes openwork, with raised septum; raised section at back; woven crownlike device above eyes; wood crescents attached to simulate shell ornaments; painted red,yellow, black; 29 cm height; 28 cm width

Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, incised bone sections, multi-ply cord, accession number 11-38146, described as Necklace. Section of bone, incised around middle, are strung on plaited twisted fiber cord; tied together at ends.

Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, incised bone sections, woven cord, accession number 11-38098, described as Necklace made from sawn off sections of incised cassowary bone. Strung onto plaited fiber cord which is tied together at end.

Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, plaited fiber w/ dogs' teeth, accession number 11-38099, no description available.