Object class: Basketry (object genre) / Collection place: Momase Region, Papua New Guinea / Function: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basketry wrist bands, accession number 11-858, described as Basketry wrist-bands.

Hearst Museum object titled Basketry wrist bands, accession number 11-860, described as Basketry wrist-bands.

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 Head ornament, plaited fiber, accession number 11-41268, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Head ornament, plaited fiber, accession number 11-41269, 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 11-41064, no description available.

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

Hearst Museum object titled Ornament: fiber, shell and human hair, glass? ring, accession number 11-40736, described as ornament; conus, nassa, and cowry shells assembled onto structure worked in knotless netting technique; glass ring at center; plaited loops and braided hair appended; attached to costume