headdresses - New Guinean
5 item(s) found:
An Abelam ceremonial headdress, of wood, the ancestor visage in relief to anterior below an openwork apex of a bird of paradise motif, decorated with polychrome pigments, Papua New Guinea, 94 x 28 cm Provenance: from the Dr. David S.…
An Highlands Bridal headdress, the openwork shell embroided woven fibre ornament with shell and seed bead tassels, Papua New Guinea, 23 x 20 cm
Papua New Guinea headdress hat. Made with hair; original yellow beads. Width 40 cm
A Papuan headdress ornament (kap kap) in the form of a circular dish-shaped shell plaque with a finely carved openwork turtle shell disc attached with fibre and with an old button of European manufacture securing it;…
A rare Vokeo Island ceremonial Headdress, the wood ancestor mask in classic stylised form, below a tapering woven cane frame with detachable apex decorated with projecting dog tooth ornaments, earth overmold, polychrome pigments, Png, 90 x 44 cm