necklace; double strand of job's tears w/ pendant boar tusk ornament; job's tears att. to tusks w/ plaited pandanus; w. ornament 14 cm. Role in trade - tourist item
Donor:
Mrs. James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath
Collection place:
Goroka, Goroka District, Eastern Highlands Province
Verbatim coll. place:
Melanesia, Papua, New Guinea, Eastern Highlands, Garoka
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath
Collection date:
1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces and Plaited weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions