Ornament: fiber, shell and human hair, glass? ring

Museum number:
11-40736
Permalink:
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Description:
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
Collection place:
Middle Sepik river, East Sepik Province, Momase Region
Culture or time period:
New Guinea, Papua Island
Collector:
Bruce D. Lawes
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Department:
Oceania
Images:
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

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