Eight dance crests

Melkoy People, Uvol

Horniman Museum and Gardens

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: cane, pith, vegetable fibre & pigment
• Dimensions: 226 x 77cm
• Art Fund Grant: £5550 ( Total: £13,400)
• ArtFunded in: 1996
• Vendor: Kevin Conru

Provenance

Uvol people, New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

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