Accession No
E 1903.219
Description
Frontlet - One of three frontlets; two made respectively of plaited fibre and leaf sparthe, are decorated with three panels of oblong plaques of shell, orange in one and pink in the other, and two panels of cut cassowary quills. The former is bordered with the ground mouths of white cowry shells and the latter, along top and sides only, (?) pearl shell discs. The former is (?) with side tassels of cowry mouths and one of a row of small white overlapping shell rings, bordered with cowry shell mouths.
Place
Oceania; Melanesia; Papua New Guinea
Period
Source
?von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
E 1903.219; BW 10085
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plant; Shell; quill
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Pencil note: 219 still missing. 220-221 boxed.
Event Date 1/11/1998
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
One of three frontlets; two made respectively of plaited fibre and leaf sparthe, are decorated with three panels of oblong plaques of shell, orange in one and pink in the other, and two panels of cut cassowary quills. The former is bordered with the ground mouths of white cowry shells and the latter, along top and sides only, (?) pearl shell discs. The former is (?) with side tassels of cowry mouths and one of a row of small white overlapping shell rings, bordered with cowry shell mouths.
Event Date 1/11/1998
Author: maa
FM:116596
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