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Group of six dance crests

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

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Melkoy People, Uvol

Royal Albert Memorial Museum

1983

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.

  • Medium: pith, cane, fibre, white feathers & trade paint
  • Art Fund Grant: £3042 ( Total: £8,500)
  • ArtFunded in: 1996
  • Vendor: Kevin Conru

Provenance

Uvol people, New Britain, Papua New Guinea.


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