Collection Online
Medium
nasa shell, pigment of fibre string
Measurements
7.0 × 19.6 × 1.7 cm
Place/s of Execution
Popondetta, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
2008.323
Department
Pacific Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Louise and Sam Dawson, 2008
© the artists
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Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
This forehead decoration of woven traditional fibre and nasa shells was collected at Popondetta, Oro Province. The decoration is worn immediately in front of a leather head dress. An example of this layered display is depicted in the photograph of 'Bernard' opposite page 158 of Arthur Kent Chignell's 'An Outpost in Papua' published by Smith, Elder & Co in 1911. (21 x 16 cm)