Money Item Number: 3035/3 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Necklace made from a single large, crescent shaped piece of shell with ochre pigment on one side. Attached to a thick, woven, ochre-coloured woven band; one cowrie shell attached to band at each end. Three tufts of possum hair (on the skin) hang from the strap on short woven strings, also coloured with ochre.
Narrative
Donor obtained the momak in 1973, near Mount Giluwe in the Southern Highlands.
Item History
- Made in Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea before 1973
- Collected during 1973
- Owned by Rudi Kovanic before November 21, 2013
- Received from Rudi Kovanic (Donor) on November 21, 2013
What
- Name
- Money
- Identification Number
- 3035/3
- Type of Item
- money
- Material
- pearl shell, cowrie shell, possum skin, ochre pigment and plant fibre
- Overall
- height 34.5 cm, width 15.5 cm, depth 1.6 cm
Who
- Culture
- Mendi
- Previous Owner
- Rudi Kovanic
- Received from
- Rudi Kovanic (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
When
- Creation Date
- before 1973
- Collection Date
- during 1973
- Ownership Date
- before November 21, 2013
- Acquisition Date
- on November 21, 2013
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3035/0003