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Group of six dance crests (© Exeter City Museums & Art Gallery)
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© Exeter City Museums & Art Gallery

Group of six dance crests

Artist: Melkoy People, Uvol

Location: Royal Albert Memorial Museum

Date: 1983

Materials: pith, cane, fibre, white feathers & trade paint

Grant:

Amount Paid: £3,042 (Total: £8,500)

Vendor: Kevin Conru

Review number: 4280 (1996)

Provenance:
Uvol people, New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

Description:
Head-dresses representing good spirits which were made for a feast commemorating generational change which is celebrated every 25 years by the Uvol people, on the South West of the island of New Britain.

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