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Details
- Other Title
- Ceremonial object
- Place where the work was made
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Henganofi
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Eastern Highlands Province
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Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Kamano people
- Dates
- mid 20th century
collected 1972 - Media categories
- Ceremonial object , Weaving , Botanical material , Animal material
- Materials used
- 12 finely plaited plant-fibre string tassels outlined with nassa shells (Nassarius), rattan support with 2 large white cowrie shells (Ovula ovum), red pigment
- Dimensions
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38.0 x 39.5 x 5.0 cm
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0 - Whole, 38 cm (14 15/16"), length excluding neckband
0 - Whole, 39.5 cm (15 9/16"), width across shell
0 - Whole, 67 cm (26 3/8"), length from top of neckband to bottom of tassels
- Credit
- Gift of Stan Moriarty 1978
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 274.1978
- Copyright
- © Kamano people, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics
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Places
Where the work was made
Henganofi
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 May 2014–10 Aug 2014
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Natalie Wilson (Editor), Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Sydney, 2014, 119 (colour illus.), 162. cat.no. 63
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Natalie Wilson, Look, 'A myriad of artforms: rare and beautiful objects from the highlands of New Guinea', pg. 24-28, Sydney, May 2014, 28 (colour illus., detail).
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