Model pig

Museum number:
11-39278
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2450
Description:
Pig, large basketry model, plaited technique with open warp spacing. Painted black with white, golden and rust stripes. Eyes of cowrie shell on coiled base. Main body is decorated with cassowary tail plumes, with three feather wands on either side of the snout.
Donor:
Daniel L. Adler
Collection place:
Sepik River Area, Papua New Guinea
Culture or time period:
Papuan
Materials:
Feather (material)
Taxon:
Casuarius
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre) and Coiled weaving
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Oceania
Loans:
S1977-1978 #50: Howe Homestead (City of Walnut Creek) (April 11, 1978–June 7, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Model pig, accession number 11-39278, described as Pig, large basketry model, plaited technique with open warp spacing. Painted black with white, golden and rust stripes. Eyes of cowrie shell on coiled base. Main body is decorated with cassowary tail plumes, with three feather wands on either side of the snout.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Model pig, accession number 11-39278, described as Pig, large basketry model, plaited technique with open warp spacing. Painted black with white, golden and rust stripes. Eyes of cowrie shell on coiled base. Main body is decorated with cassowary tail plumes, with three feather wands on either side of the snout.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Model pig, accession number 11-39278, described as Pig, large basketry model, plaited technique with open warp spacing. Painted black with white, golden and rust stripes. Eyes of cowrie shell on coiled base. Main body is decorated with cassowary tail plumes, with three feather wands on either side of the snout.

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