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Object Number
63-29-70/4139
Display Title
2 pairs pig tusks (wanik) head ornaments
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ornament, two pair of tusks, curved, tied together with plant fiber
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- West Dani
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Indonesia
/
Western New Guinea
/
Irian Jaya
Additional Geographic Terms
Gonda, Swart, Valley
Materials
Tooth, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 8.6 x 6.9 x 1.1 cm (3 3/8 x 2 11/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
63-29-70/4139
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63-29-70/4140 | 6 pairs of pig tusks (wanik) - head ornaments |
Ornament
|
Irian Jaya
| |
| 63-29-70/4141 | String of 5 pairs of pig tusks (warmik) - head ornaments |
Pendant
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 63-29-70/4127 | Male head net (hum) with 2 pairs of pig tusks (wamik) |
Bag
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 64-18-70/4308 | Double pig tusks - fixed together as nose ornament |
Ornament
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 64-18-70/4310 | Double pig tusks - fixed together as nose ornament (wamaik) |
Ornament
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 64-18-70/4309 | Double pig tusks - fixed together as nose ornament (wamaik) |
Ornament
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 47-72-70/2774.1 | Pair of pig tusks |
Ornament
|
Rano Island
Vanuatu | |
| 47-72-70/2774 | Pair of pig tusks |
Ornament
|
Rano Island
Vanuatu | |
| 46-78-70/2366 | Ornament of 2 boar tusks |
Ornament
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 46-78-70/2365 | Ornament composed of 4 boar tusks |
Ornament
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 2004.1.555 | Ornaments, boar tusks and tusk fragments, top wrapped with hide, fiber tie |
Ornament
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 64-18-70/4313 | Miscellaneous pig tusks used as scrapers (wam aik) |
Ornament
|
Indonesia
New Guinea |