Accession No
1930.519 B
Description
Ornament - Nose ornament. Original accession notes: " A string pendant with rings for pinning into bored nasal septum. Ornamented with pigs tusks and nassa shells. Used by men in big totemic dances called TSHUGU KEPMA MBUANNGO (TSHUGU = sort of, KEPMA = clay, MBUANGO = dance)."
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea; Middle Sepik; Mindimbit
Period
Source
Bateson, Gregory [collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1930.519 B; MAA: 1930.519; 1930.519
Cultural Affliation
T=Iatmul
Material
Tusk; Boar Tusk; Shell; Nassa Shell
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Basel Museum fur Volkerkunde numerical code: 17.3.4.?; Collected by: Bateson.G;
Event Date 28/6/1995
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Nose ornament. Original accession notes: " A string pendant with rings for pinning into bored nasal septum. Ornamented with pigs tusks and nassa shells. Used by men in big totemic dances called TSHUGU KEPMA MBUANNGO (TSHUGU = sort of, KEPMA = clay, MBUANGO = dance)."
Event Date 28/6/1995
Author: maa
FM:102920
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