Bailer shell, striated tan and yellow, holes drilled on either side of top; undecorated. Broken and repaired at upper left corner. length - 26 cm., width at top - 15.4 cm., tapering to 4.0 cm. at bottom. Worn by men and women on chest or stomach during ceremonial occasions.
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 15.4 centimeters, length 26 centimeters, and width 4 centimeters