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Headband with shells_final
Ethnicity: Papuans.
Place of origin: Papua New Guinea.
Geographical location of the place of origin: Gorendu village, Maclay Coast.
Material: plant fiber, shells.
Technique: weaving.
Dimensions: width — 2.5 cm, length — 32 cm.
Date: early XXI century.
Collector: private, Nickolay Nikolaevich Miklouho-Maclay.
Time of use: 2017.
Usage: part (accessory) of a man’s festive costume.
Condition: shells on one of the threads are not fixed well, need fixing.
The Kunstkamera collections analogue: none.
Keywords: peoples of Australia and Oceania, Papuans, Maclay Coast