Object class: Plaited weaving / Collection place: Momase Region, Papua New Guinea / Culture or time period: Melanesian cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object class Plaited weaving Collection place Momase Region, Papua New Guinea Culture or time period Melanesian cultures

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 Female figure, accession number 11-39281, described as Figure, female, seated on rounded base. Wood, painted black. Body stylized, hands on knees, with eye-like decoration on buttocks and shoulder cape. Fiber plaited wristlets and anklets. Large head with prominent features. Pupiled eyes (one missing) of pearl shell. Hat with two heads with pupiled, pearl eyes (one missing)

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, plaited fiber, accession number 11-41269, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Head ornament, plaited fiber, accession number 11-41268, no description available.

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.