 
            nose ornament
Objectcode
    EA/99/34
  Description (brief)
              Nose jewelry, a pen, wound with orchid-fibre thread, and a chain (about 25 cm. long) of strung pips and a tuft of pig's hair attached to it (about 8 cm. in length). The piece of jewelry was probably made for use during celebrations and rituals. The pen was probably put through the nose partition, the chain with the tuft hanging down aside the nose..
          Origin(s)
              [Sibil, Baliem]
          Dimensions (L)
  	    53,0 cm
  	  Thesaurus terms
Materials thesaurus
          Materials thesaurus
 » organic
 » vegetal
 » wood
          Materials thesaurus
 » organic
 » vegetal
 » fibre
 » orchid fibre
          Materials thesaurus
 » organic
 » animal
 » hair
 » pig hair
          Materials thesaurus
 » organic
 » vegetal
 » fruit
 » seed
          Materials thesaurus
 » organic
 » vegetal
 » stem
 » palm stem
 » rattan
          Materials thesaurus
 » organic
 » vegetal
 » bark
 » bark fibre
 » bark fibre cord
              Cultural
          Cultural origin
 » Papua
 » Central Highlands
 » Central Highlands east
 » Star Mountains
 » Sibil Valley
          Cultural origin
 » Papua
 » Central Highlands
 » Centrale Highlands
 » Baliem Valley
              Geographic
          Geographical term
 » Papua
 » Division Hollandia
 » Explorationressort Eastern Highlands
 » Sibil Valley
 » Ok Sibil
          Geographical term
 » Papua
 » Division Hollandia
 » Explorationressort Eastern Highlands
 » Baliem
              Object category
          OVM Category
 » clothing and personal adornment
 » Jewelry
 » ear, nose, lips and chin jewelry