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Title

Ceremonial decoration

collected 1968

Artists

Unknown Artist

No image

  • Details

    Other Title
    Tapa ceremonial decoration
    Place where the work was made
    Goroka District → Eastern Highlands Province → Papua New Guinea
    Cultural origin
    Nupaha & Kaveve people
    Date
    collected 1968
    Media category
    Mixed media
    Materials used
    barkcloth, bamboo, red and black natural pigments, hanging croton leaves representing tail
    Dimensions
    213.3 x 116.8 cm :

    0 - Whole, 213.3 cm (84"), height

    0 - Whole, 116.8 cm (46"), width

    Credit
    Gift of Stan Moriarty 1978
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    282.1978
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