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Pectoral ornament
Ethnicity: Papuans.
Place of origin: Papua New Guinea.
Geographical location of the place of origin: Gorendu village, Maclay Coast.
Material: plant fiber, shells, wild boar tusks.
Technique: weaving.
Dimensions: length — 27 cm, fang width — 20 cm.
Date: second decade of the XXI century (approx. 2014-2015).
Collector: private, Nickolay Nikolaevich Miklouho-Maclay.
Time of use: 2017.
Usage: part (accessory) of a man’s festive costume; similar to gubo-gubo, but without large shells over the edges.
Condition: good.
The Kunstkamera collections analogue: none.
Keywords: peoples of Australia and Oceania, Papuans, Maclay Coast