Title
Dɨza (man's headband)
mid 20th century
collected 1969
Artists
Unknown Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Marawaka
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Eastern Highlands Province
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Papua New Guinea
- Cultural origin
- Baruya people
- Dates
- mid 20th century
collected 1969 - Media category
- Mixed media
- Materials used
- pandanus fibre, plaited yellow orchid stem fibre (Dendrobium) and black plant fibre, plant fibre string
- Dimensions
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plaited band 36.5 cm length; overall 123.0 cm length; 5.1 cm width
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0 - Whole, 36.5 cm (14 3/8"), length of plaited band
0 - Whole, 5.1 cm (2"), width of plaited band
0 - Whole, 0.4 cm (3/16"), depth of plaited band
0 - Whole, 123 cm (48 7/16"), overall length of headband, including string cord
- Credit
- Gift of Stan Moriarty 1977
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 651.1979
- Copyright
- © Baruya 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
Marawaka
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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 1 publication
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Natalie Wilson (Editor), Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Sydney, 2014, 106 (colour illus.), 161. cat.no. 50
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