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Tambu belt, dance mask and smoking pipe
Tambu belt, dance mask and smoking pipe
Object Number 2004.29.22657
Display Title Tambu belt, dance mask and smoking pipe
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "New Guinea / New Guinea / 31. Tambu, (money) belt - New Britain / 3. Dance Mask - lower Ramu Valley / 5. Smoking pipe - Upper Ramu Valley / The tobacco - native grown - is rollded / like a cigar & inserted in one End / of the bamboo. The other end being / placed in the mouth & the smoke / drawn in / papua New Guinea / Rec'd from: / Dr. W. L. Moss / Univ. of Georgia / 1932."
Department Photographic
Date 1928-1929
Artist Dr. W. L. Moss
Culture
  • New Guinea
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / <County> / <City> / Ramu River
Oceania / Papua New Guinea / <State> / New Britain
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Lower Ramu Valley; Upper Ramu Valley
Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 11.43 × 8.255 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Dr. W. L. Moss

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