breast ornament
Objectcode
EA/65/37
Description (brief)
Breast ornament consisting of single bark fibre strands, wound in plaited grass strips.
Origin(s)
Mek area
Production technique
grass plaited around cords
Thesaurus terms
Materials thesaurus
Materials thesaurus
» organic
» vegetal
» leaf
» grass
Materials thesaurus
» organic
» vegetal
» bark
» bark fibre
» bark fibre cord
Cultural
Cultural origin
» Papua
» South West Coast
» Asmat
Cultural origin
» Papua
» Central Highlands
» Central Highlands east
Geographic
Geographical term
» Papua
» Division South New-Guinea
» Subdivision Asmat
» Central Asmat
Object category
OVM Category
» clothing and personal adornment
» Jewelry
» neck, chest and back jewelry