Ear Ornaments

P35

From: Borneo | Sarawak | Baram River

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P35
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kelabit
Provenience Borneo | Sarawak | Baram River
Section Oceanian
Materials Hornbill Casque | Glass
Description

Ear ornaments: tooth shaped, made from horn (casque) of Rhinoceros Hornbill. Tinted with red pigment. Decoratively carved openwork bases. Connected by two strings of red, yellow, and dark blue glass beads.

Length 50.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Alfred C. Harrison Jr. and Dr. H. M. Hiller, 1899

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