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Dates
mid 20th century
collected 1966
Materials used
wood, cassowary feathers (Casuarius), parrot feathers, pig tusks, marsupial fur, nassa shells (Nassarius), sedge grass, yellow orchid stem fibre (Dendrobium), rattan, bamboo, natural and synthetic pigments (red, white and black), coix seeds (Coix lacryma-jobi), glass mirror shards, iron nails, cotton fabric, plastic
Dimensions
164.0 x 57.0 x 27.0 cm :
a - figure; 154 cm; height approx.
b - bilum; 98 x 43 cm; bag overall, tapa decoration 77.0cm length
c - black bead neck decoration; 17 cm; width
d - plaited string neck piece; 28 x 40 cm; length overall
e - sedge grass skirt; 20 cm
f - coix seed neck decoration; 66 cm
g - barkcloth head decoration; 60 cm
h - bamboo ear decoration - left; 83 cm
i - bamboo ear decoration - right
Credit
Purchased 1977
Location
Not on display
Accession number
303.1977.a-i
Copyright
© Tairora people, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Loan exhibition of Native art from the private collection previously not displayed of Mr S G Moriarty, Gallery Stephen Kellner, Australia, 15 Sep 1966–06 Oct 1966
Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 May 2014–10 Aug 2014