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Malangan: Hornbill
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This wooden carving depicts a hornbill. On New Ireland, bird motifs are frequently assigned according to the mythical origin stories of particular clans. While dancing, performers wear mouthpieces between their teeth or the masks are positioned in their mouths.

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Städtische Museen Freiburg
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Object type
Carving
Dimensions
Breite: 380.0 mm, Höhe: 180.0 mm, Tiefe: 45.0 mm
Material/Technique
Carving
Current location
Museum Natur und Mensch
Inventory number
II/0143

Provenance and sources

when
before 1896

when
16.07.1896

where
New Ireland (location/origin)
Melanesia (location/origin)
Papua New Guinea (location/origin)
Bismarck Archipelago (location/origin)
who
Strasser, Otto - Collectors

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CC0 1.0 DEED

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