dance mask, hip decoration, dance mask
- Description:
- Hip ornament/dance mask built on a double ring of leaf ribs from palm, wrapped with a rattan and tied together in a refined way. At one side of the ring is a fairy tale palm bark painted in red, black and white attached. This one rests on a frame of branches wrapped with a rattan. The sides of the bark are adorned with dark brown grass attached to a fibrous string with hard knots. This is in turn attached to the bark with wicker loops. On the ring, bar strips are attached, with which the dance attribute is attached to the hips. Masks like this are worn around the hip when dancing so that the face is turned backwards.
- Location:
- Papua New Guinea
- Format:
- image
- Collections:
- Museum of Ethnography
- Content partner:
- Museum of Ethnography
- Availability:
- Not specified
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