Yogo (shell necklace), mid 20th century, collected 1972 ::

Place where the work was made: Rapigu → Goroka District → Eastern Highlands Province → Papua New Guinea
Cultural origin: Benabena people
Dates: mid 20th century
collected 1972
Media categories: Jewellery , Weaving
Materials used: 25 large cowrie shells (Ovula ovum), green snail shell (Turbo marmoratus), plaited plant-fibre cord, rattan
Dimensions: overall 140 cm length; 6.0 cm depth; green snail shell 13.5 cm length; cowrie shells 7.0 to 10.0 cm length :
Dimensions variable, 138 cm, outside cord circumference (approx.)
Credit: Gift of Stan Moriarty 1977
Location: Not on display
Accession number: 707.1979
Copyright: © Benabena people, under the endorsement of the Pacific Islands Museums Association's (PIMA) Code of Ethics
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Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 May 2014–10 Aug 2014

Natalie Wilson (Editor), Plumes and pearlshells: art of the New Guinea highlands, Sydney, 2014, 110 (colour illus.), 162. cat.no. 56