Bailer shell, undecorated, hole drilled on either side of wide end. length - 28.5 cm., width - 17.5 cm., tapering to 5 cm. at bottom end. Worn on ceremonial occasions by men and women; worn over chest and stomach.
Donor:
Caroline Mytinger
Collection place:
Middle Fly River, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Caroline Mytinger
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
July 22, 1980
Department:
Oceania
Dimensions:
width 17.5 centimeters, length 28.5 centimeters, and width 5 centimeters