Unknown
(Papua New Guinea)
- Title
- Decorated female figure
- Place of origin
-
Kainantu →
Eastern Highlands Province →
Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Tairora people
- Year
- collected 1966
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- wood, rattan, feathers, seeds, beads and other material
- Dimensions
-
148.0cm height approx.:
a - Figure; 148cm; height approx
b - Tears of Job waist decoration; 46cm; (2 sections)
c - Plaited fibre waist decoration; 30 x 22cm; at waist
d - Grass lap lap; 39 x 30cm; diam. approx.
5 - Knitted string and tapa lap lap; 60 x 50cm; length
6 - Shell and black bead necklace; 27cm; length
7 - Tapa head piece; 43 x 22cm; length
h - Tears of Job necklace; 78cm; height
i - Neck decoration with armbands; 65cm
j - Cane ringlet necklace; 58cm
k - Tapa lap lap; 25cm
- Credit
- Purchased 1977
- Accession number
- 304.1977
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history (1)
-
Loan exhibition of Native art from the private collection previously not displayed of Mr S G Moriarty, Gallery Stephen Kellner, 15 Sep 1966–06 Oct 1966.
