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Title

Koráy mabe (man's loincloth)

mid 20th century

Artists

Unknown Artist

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Simbu (Chimbu) Province → Papua New Guinea
    Cultural origin
    probably Golin people
    Date
    mid 20th century
    Media category
    Textile
    Materials used
    plant fibre string, 23 pigs' tails
    Dimensions
    33.0 cm width; 54.5 cm length string panel; 92.0 cm length incl. pigs' tails and fringe
    Credit
    Gift of Peter Sack 2016
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    222.2016
    Copyright
    © Simbu (Chimbu) people, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics

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  • About

    Across the highlands of New Guinea, loincloths were worn in former times by boys of a certain age and men, suspended from the waist through a belt made from wide bands of bark, or from woven and plaited waistbands.

    This particularly fine example consists of a central panel of woven plant fibre string, with a lower fringe of 23 pig's tails, denoting the wealth and status of its maker.

  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Simbu (Chimbu) Province