Malangan: Hornbill | Photographer: Axel Killian
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Malangan: Hornbill
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)
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