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EA/99/38 - 
bracelet
EA/99/38 - 
bracelet
EA/99/38 - 
bracelet
EA/99/38 - 
bracelet

bracelet

Objectcode
EA/99/38
Description (brief)
Bracelet, made of a bundle of casuaris feathers or a casuaris tail. The base of the bundle is wound with a cord made from tree bark fibre and orchid fibre. At the end an eye is plaited, round with the same chord. Depending on personal taste such decorations were worn daily or only at feasts.
Origin(s)
Baliem
Dimensions (L)
63,0 cm

Thesaurus terms

Materials thesaurus
Materials thesaurus » organic » animal » feather » cassowary feather
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » bark » bark fibre » bark fibre cord
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » stem » palm stem » rattan
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » fibre » bark fibre
Cultural
Cultural origin » Papua » Central Highlands » Centrale Highlands » Baliem Valley
Cultural origin » Papua
Geographic
Geographical term » Papua » Division Hollandia » Explorationressort Eastern Highlands » Baliem
Object category
OVM Category » clothing and personal adornment » Jewelry » arm, wrist and finger jewelry
EA/99/37 - 
head ornament
EA/99/37 - 
head ornament
EA/99/37 - 
head ornament
EA/99/37 - 
head ornament

head ornament

Objectcode
EA/99/37
Description (brief)
Piece of jewelry that can be worn on top of a plaited piece of head wear. It is made from four bundle of casuari feathers wrapped in rattan. The bundles are tied together with a piece of tree-bark fibrecord. The ornament could be worn during festivities or daily, depending on personal taste.
Origin(s)
Baliem
Dimensions (L)
34,0 cm

Thesaurus terms

Materials thesaurus
Materials thesaurus » organic » animal » feather » cassowary feather
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » bark » bark fibre » bark fibre cord
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » stem » palm stem » rattan
Cultural
Cultural origin » Papua » Central Highlands » Centrale Highlands » Baliem Valley
Geographic
Geographical term » Papua » Division Hollandia » Explorationressort Eastern Highlands » Baliem
Object category
OVM Category » clothing and personal adornment » Jewelry » hair and head jewelry
EA/99/35 - 
penis gourd
EA/99/35 - 
penis gourd
EA/99/35 - 
penis gourd
EA/99/35 - 
penis gourd
EA/99/35 - 
penis gourd
EA/99/35 - 
penis gourd

penis gourd

Objectcode
EA/99/35
Description (brief)
Curved gourd use for covering the penis. The bottom is trimmed with rattan plaitwork.
Origin(s)
Mountain Region
Dimensions (L)
31,0 cm
Production technique
The elongated shape of the gourd is obtained by making the gourd heavier with stones while it is growing.

Thesaurus terms

Materials thesaurus
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » stem » palm stem » rattan
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » fruit » gourd
Cultural
Cultural origin » Papua » Central Highlands
Geographic
Geographical term » Papua
Geographical term » Papua » Division Central New-Guinea
Object category
OVM Category » clothing and personal adornment » clothing » clothing from the hip
EA/99/33 - 
wick

wick

Objectcode
EA/99/33
Description (brief)
Slowburning wick bound into a rattan ring. Fire smoulders inside the cord, enabling someone to keep and carry it. The rattan is darkly dicoloured in several places, probably these are sooty spots caused from keeping the object near a fire place. It is unknown whether these cords were used by men, women, or both
Origin(s)
mountain region
Dimensions (Ø)
16,0 cm

Thesaurus terms

Materials thesaurus
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » stem » palm stem » rattan
Cultural
Cultural origin » Papua
Geographic
Geographical term » Papua
Object category
OVM Category » vestiging » verlichting, verwarming, vuur » vuur aanmaken en in stand houden
OVM Category » clothing and personal adornment » Jewelry » arm, wrist and finger jewelry
EA/99/32 - 
nasal ornament

nasal ornament

Objectcode
EA/99/32
Description (brief)
Nose ornament made from two pigs' teeth. The ornament is worn by men htrough the nasal septum. The two teeth are connected with a string of barktree fibre.
Dimensions (Ø)
10,0 cm

Thesaurus terms

Materials thesaurus
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » fibre » orchid fibre
Materials thesaurus » organic » animal » tooth » mammal tooth » pig tooth
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » bark » bark fibre » bark fibre cord
Cultural
Cultural origin » Papua » Central Highlands » Centrale Highlands » Baliem Valley
Object category
OVM Category » clothing and personal adornment » Jewelry » ear, nose, lips and chin jewelry
EA/99/30 - 
arm ornament

arm ornament

Objectcode
EA/99/30
Description (brief)
Bracelet made of tightly braided brown, white, and yellow fibre thread. The bracelet's basic colour is brown, it has six weaved in horizontal bands, three white- and three yellow coloured.
Origin(s)
Baliem
Dimensions (W x Ø)
2,0 x 8,0 cm
Production technique
Plaitwork

Thesaurus terms

Materials thesaurus
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » fibre » orchid fibre
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » bark » bark fibre » bark fibre cord
Cultural
Cultural origin » Papua » Central Highlands » Centrale Highlands » Baliem Valley
Geographic
Geographical term » Papua » Division Hollandia » Explorationressort Eastern Highlands » Baliem
Object category
OVM Category » clothing and personal adornment » Jewelry » arm, wrist and finger jewelry
EA/99/28 - 
arm ornament

arm ornament

Objectcode
EA/99/28
Description (brief)
Bracelet made from tighty braided brown and yellow fibre thread (tree bark and orchid). The yellow fibre is from the stem of an orchid. Three brown coloured rectangles are weaved in. Acquired in 1970-1972. These bracelets were/are common in the Central Mountainrange.
Origin(s)
Baliem
Dimensions (W x Ø)
3,0 x 9,0 cm
Production technique
plaitwork

Thesaurus terms

Materials thesaurus
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » fibre » orchid fibre
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » bark » bark fibre » bark fibre cord
Geographic
Geographical term » Papua » Division Hollandia » Explorationressort Eastern Highlands » Baliem
Object category
OVM Category » clothing and personal adornment » Jewelry » arm, wrist and finger jewelry
EA/99/27 - 
string of shell money
EA/99/27 - 
string of shell money
EA/99/27 - 
string of shell money
EA/99/27 - 
string of shell money

string of shell money

Objectcode
EA/99/27
Description (brief)
A long braided band of kaurishells, used as currency. The band is made of light brown thread of tree bark fibre and has a strip of braided in dark brown fibre in the middle, with lines of yellow (orchid?) fibre on both sides. Cowry shells are attached to the band at regular intervals. On both ends of the band as well as in the middle a piece of cuscus fur is fixed. Objects such as these usually remain in family possession. Men used such a band with shells for payment or donations. Sometimes the whole object was used to buy a pig or a woman, sometimes a few shells were taken off to buy a small item. The object is probably made by a man. Strings of shell money are common in the Central Mountainrange inlands (Jayawijaya) and Bird's Head.
Origin(s)
Baliem
Dimensions (L x W)
294,0 x 2,0 cm

Thesaurus terms

Materials thesaurus
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » fibre » bark fibre
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » fibre » orchid fibre
Materials thesaurus » organic » animal » fur » marsupial fur » cuscus fur
Materials thesaurus » organic » animal » shell » cowrie shell
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » bark » bark fibre » bark fibre cord
Cultural
Cultural origin » Papua » Central Highlands
Cultural origin » Papua » Bird's Head
Geographic
Geographical term » Papua » Division Hollandia » Explorationressort Eastern Highlands » Baliem
Geographical term » Papua » Division West New Guinea
Object category
OVM Category » nijverheid, handel en dienstverlening » ruilmiddelen
EA/99/25 - 
chest ornament
EA/99/25 - 
chest ornament
EA/99/25 - 
chest ornament
EA/99/25 - 
chest ornament

chest ornament

Objectcode
EA/99/25
Description (brief)
Chest ornament, to be carried by men during dance. A piece of bone hanging from a band is supposed to start spinning during dancing, producing a "humming" sound. The chest band is broader (about 4 cm) on the chestside and more narrow (about 1 cm) on the backside. The front side has weaved in patterns of yellow and brown fibre cord. The piece of bone is attached in the middle. This bone appears to be polished and has two holes in it. The frontside of the band has a ring embedded in the cloth on either side.
Origin(s)
Wissel Lakes
Dimensions (L x W)
37,0 x 4,0 cm

Thesaurus terms

Materials thesaurus
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » fibre » orchid fibre
Materials thesaurus » organic » animal » bone
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » fibre » bark fibre
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » bark » bark fibre » bark fibre cord
Cultural
Cultural origin » Papua » Central Highlands » Central Highlands west » Wissel Lakes Region » Ekari
Object category
OVM Category » clothing and personal adornment » Jewelry » neck, chest and back jewelry
EA/99/23 - 
mouth harp
EA/99/23 - 
mouth harp
EA/99/23 - 
mouth harp
EA/99/23 - 
mouth harp

mouth harp

Objectcode
EA/99/23
Description (brief)
Mouth harp, made from a bamboo stem. The stem is carved in twice down to the node. The small part between the cuts is narrow and short. The most narrow side of the harp is wound with fibre cord, probably tree bark, to keep the parts together. The broad side of the harp has a cord around it as well, to create variations in pitch. The harp is placed at the mouth. Its sound is made breathing out. the mouth harp was used to let a girl know she was favoured.
Origin(s)
Baliem
Dimensions (L x W x H)
18,0 x 3,0 x 2,0 cm

Thesaurus terms

Materials thesaurus
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » bark » bark fibre » bark fibre cord
Materials thesaurus » organic » vegetal » stem » cane » bamboo
Cultural
Cultural origin » Papua » Central Highlands » Centrale Highlands » Baliem Valley
Geographic
Geographical term » Papua » Division Hollandia » Explorationressort Eastern Highlands » Baliem
Object category
OVM Category » art » music » idiophones