Collection Online
Medium
cowrie shell, fibre string, pigment on tapa string
Measurements
20.8 × 23.5 × 2.2 cm
Place/s of Execution
Siu village, Tufi District, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea
Accession Number
2008.322
Department
Pacific Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Louise and Sam Dawson, 2008
© the artists
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
A necklace of slivers from the brown lipped, white cowrie shell woven into a base of beaten bark cloth. This example has fishing line bush repairs.