Details
A New Guinea shell diadem and five ornaments with Job's tears
The first a crescent-shaped fibre panel sewn with borders and short rows of nassa camelus shells; two bracelets and an earring of cane decorated with Job's tears, a fibre headband with spaced rows of the same, and a double-row necklace of Job's tears suspending a coconut shell charm
The diadem 20cm. wide (6)
The first a crescent-shaped fibre panel sewn with borders and short rows of nassa camelus shells; two bracelets and an earring of cane decorated with Job's tears, a fibre headband with spaced rows of the same, and a double-row necklace of Job's tears suspending a coconut shell charm
The diadem 20cm. wide (6)
Literature
Biebuyck, D., and Van den Abbeele, N., The Power of Headdresses, Brussels, 1984, p.228, Pl.183 for the first