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Pleated leaf ornament, used in dance called "sing-sing"
Pleated leaf ornament, used in dance called "sing-sing"
Object Number 36-105-70/437
Display Title Pleated leaf ornament, used in dance called "sing-sing"
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Sing-sing
Object Description Pleated leaf ornament, used in dance called "sing-sing"
Inventory Description Ornament, palm leaves cut and pleated, varying widths
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nor-Papua
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms Mandated Territory: Kaup, on coast; Sepik River, 40 mi. west of
Materials Palm leaf
Dimensions Overall: 35.5 x 21.8 x 7 cm (14 x 8 9/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 36-105-70/437

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Media Restricted
 		973-11-70/5236 Crescent shaped headpiece, used in "sing-sing" festivities
Hat
Papua New Guinea
Media Restricted
 		973-11-70/5234 Crescent-shaped headdress, used in "sing-sing" or peacemaking ceremonies
Hat
Papua New Guinea
Waistband. worn by men during "sing sing", grass skirt is attached to front
973-11-70/5235 Waistband. worn by men during "sing sing", grass skirt is attached to front
Belt
Southern Highland?
Dance: Men dancing counter-clockwise at a daytime dance, beginning to cut through the circle of women sitting, with one woman dancing (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1575 Dance: Men dancing counter-clockwise at a daytime dance, beginning to cut through the circle of women sitting, with one woman dancing (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Khuan//a (daughter of !Naishi), Di//khao-Gu≠na (mother of "Gao Medicine") and "Old /Gasa" dancing a few steps as the women begin to assemble before the men begin to dance at a daytime dance (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1569 Dance: Khuan//a (daughter of !Naishi), Di//khao-Gu≠na (mother of "Gao Medicine") and "Old /Gasa" dancing a few steps as the women begin to assemble before the men begin to dance at a daytime dance (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: /Gam leading the men dancing through a circle of women at a daytime dance, with the man behind her holding a wildebeest tail (which men often carry in a dance) over her head (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1588 Dance: /Gam leading the men dancing through a circle of women at a daytime dance, with the man behind her holding a wildebeest tail (which men often carry in a dance) over her head (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Khuan//a (daughter of !Naishi), Di//khao-Gu≠na (mother of "Gao Medicine") and "Old /Gasa" dancing a few steps as the women begin to assemble before the men begin to dance at a daytime dance (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1568 Dance: Khuan//a (daughter of !Naishi), Di//khao-Gu≠na (mother of "Gao Medicine") and "Old /Gasa" dancing a few steps as the women begin to assemble before the men begin to dance at a daytime dance (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Line of men dancing clockwise around the circle of women at a daytime dance, with a woman carrying a baby dancing between !Naishi and Gau (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1615 Dance: Line of men dancing clockwise around the circle of women at a daytime dance, with a woman carrying a baby dancing between !Naishi and Gau (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Line of men dancing clockwise around the women at a daytime dance, including !Naishi, with two women standing (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1613 Dance: Line of men dancing clockwise around the women at a daytime dance, including !Naishi, with two women standing (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi) with a feather in her hair, dancing with the men at a daytime dance, view from the expedition truck with a wide-angle lens (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1598 Dance: //Khuga (wife of !Naishi) with a feather in her hair, dancing with the men at a daytime dance, view from the expedition truck with a wide-angle lens (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Man performing a ritual curing at a daytime dance, with //Khuga (wife of !Naishi) dancing a few steps beside him and another man standing nearby (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1606 Dance: Man performing a ritual curing at a daytime dance, with //Khuga (wife of !Naishi) dancing a few steps beside him and another man standing nearby (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Dance: Khuan//a (daughter of /Gaishay and Di//Khao, sister of "Gao Medicine" stands at the end of a daytime dance, with men standing near her (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
2001.29.1607 Dance: Khuan//a (daughter of /Gaishay and Di//Khao, sister of "Gao Medicine" stands at the end of a daytime dance, with men standing near her (the primary role of the women is to sit in a circle to clap and sing, providing music for the dancing men)
Nyae Nyae Conservancy