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Title

Hairpins

collected 1963

Artists

Unknown Artist

No image

  • Details

    Place where the work was made
    Wabag → Enga Province → Papua New Guinea
    Cultural origin
    Enga people
    Date
    collected 1963
    Media category
    Sculpture
    Materials used
    three hairpins carved from black wood; one hairpin carved from cassowary bone with possum fur
    Dimensions
    18.5 cm to 25.0 cm in length :

    a - black wood, pointed at one end, 23 cm (9 1/16")

    b - black wood, pointed at both ends, 21 cm (8 1/4")

    c - black wood, pointed at both ends, 18.5 cm (7 5/16")

    d - cassowary bone topped with possum fur, 25 cm (9 13/16")

    Credit
    Gift of Stan Moriarty 1977
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    823.1979.a-d
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  • Places

    Where the work was made

    Wabag