Hornbill Dance Ornament
Unknown people (Papua New Guinea)
Wood, pigment, fish eye
Overall: 11 13/16 in. (30 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium
172.12.25347
Geography
Place Made: Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Object Name
Personal Adornment
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium, St. Johnsbury, Vermont; acquired by present collection in Exchange 160, 1972.
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