headhunting horn
Objectcode
EA/36/2
Description (brief)
Wind instrument decorated with engraved designs. Colours are red, blue, and yellow, but are probably applied later. Carved design is Asmat (GK).
Dimensions (L)
35,0 cm
Production technique
carving
Thesaurus terms
Materials thesaurus
Materials thesaurus
» organic
» vegetal
» stem
» palm stem
» rattan
Cultural
Cultural origin
» Papua
» South West Coast
» Asmat
Geographic
Geographical term
» Papua
» Division South New-Guinea
» Subdivision Asmat
Object category
OVM Category
» art
» music
» aërophones