Nose Ornament
29-50-188
From: New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Vogumash
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 29-50-188 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | New Guinea | German New Guinea | Sepik River | Vogumash |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Tusk | Seed |
| Description | Two small boar's tusks fastened together by the thick ends. From the junction depend 5 strings of bisected "Job's tears" (Coix lachryma). See the woven masks, No. 29-50-30, etc. (Small ticket No. 443 presumably belongs to this) |
| Width | 9 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Max Boehmig through Emil Roehrig (Barthels Mfg. Co.), 1924 |
| Other Number | 443? - Other Number |
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