
PARURE FRONTALE TRADITIONNELLE
TRADITIONNAL HEAD ORNAMENT
DESCRIPTIF / DESCRIPTION :
Rare parure frontale collectée dans la région de Maprik en Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée. Ce type d'ornement corporel fait référence à un oiseau et a été porté lors de cérémonies rituelles. Cet objet très ethnographique est un savant mélange de savoirs faire très complexes. Fibres tressées, partie avant de coquillages de rivière cousus, cauris et pigments naturels noirs et rouges. Pièce unique pour collection.
Rare frontal finery collected in the region of Maprik in Papua New Guinea. This type of body ornament makes reference to a bird and was carried during ritual ceremonies. This very ethnographical object is a learned mixture of very complex knowledges. Braided fibers, left before sewn shells of river, cowries and black and red natural pigments. Single piece for collection
Rare frontal finery collected in the region of Maprik in Papua New Guinea. This type of body ornament makes reference to a bird and was carried during ritual ceremonies. This very ethnographical object is a learned mixture of very complex knowledges. Braided fibers, left before sewn shells of river, cowries and black and red natural pigments. Single piece for collection
- REFERENCE : 351
- DIMENSION / SIZE : Env. 30 x 11 cm
- VILLAGE / VILLAGE : MAPRIK
- REGION / AREA :PEUPLE WOSERA / WOSERA PEOPLE
- PAYS / COUNTRY : PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE GUINEE / PAPUA NEW GUINEA