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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Bride Price
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Bride Price

Maker Sawos , Middle Sepik (New Guinea)
Date20th century
Made/manufacturedAsia
MediumShell (turbo marmoratus), rattan, cassowary feathers, pigment
Dimensions16 x 8 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (40.6 x 21.6 x 10.8 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Dr. Samuel Spring
Object numberS85-SPNG-G114
Collections
DescriptionSmall elliptical shaped woven face mask surrounded with feathers and attached to large shell with rattan.
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Cassowary Dance Costume
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Pig dance costume
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Dual ancestral costume
Iatmul
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Spirit figure (talipun)
Spirit figure (talipun)
Boiken
ca. 1950
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Large Dance Mask
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20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Mask for Malangan (tatanua)
Papua New Guinea
late 19th - early 20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Boar Mask
Papua New Guinea
early-mid 20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Feather whisk
New Guinean, Sepik River
last half 20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Bridal Headpiece (ambusap)
Iatmul
20th century
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Smallpox God
Yoruba Artist
1969
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Cassowary Headdress
New Guinean, Middle or Lower Sepik
last half 20th century

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