Belt, Dance Costume Attachment
date
about 1950-1970
creation place
Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Chimbu ; Highlands
medium & support
Braided waist belt with hanging painted bark panel with mounted craved head, woven head mounted on top and grass fiber mounted on back
measurements
47 1/2 x 17 1/16 x 10 3/16 in. (120.65 x 43.33 x 25.86 cm)
credit line
Gift of David T. Owsley
accession number
1983.006.085
keywords
accessories, adulthood, bravery, ceremonial object, civilization, clothes, clothing, costume, costume accessory, courage, culture, family, girdle, initiation, man, materiality, non-Christian religion, offspring, ornament, Polynesian/Melanesian religion, puberty, religion, rite, ritual object, society, supernatural, youth, youth (adolescent)
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