
© Horniman Museum London. Photographer Heini Schneebell
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.
More information
Title of artwork, date
Eight dance crests, 1983
Date supported
1996
Medium and material
Cane, pith, vegetable fibre & pigment
Dimensions
226 x 77 cm
Grant
5550
Total cost
13400
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