© 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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