© Horniman Museum London. Photographer Heini Schneebell
Eight dance crests
Artist: Melkoy People, Uvol
Location: Horniman Museum and Gardens
Date: 1983
Materials: cane, pith, vegetable fibre & pigment
Dimensions: 226 x 77cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,550 (Total: £13,400)
Vendor: Kevin Conru
Review number: 4311 (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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