Place where the work was made

Kainantu → Eastern Highlands Province → Papua New Guinea

Cultural origin

Tairora people

Dates

mid 20th century
collected 1966

Media categories

Mixed media , Sculpture

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

Location

Not on display

Accession number

303.1977.a-i