巴布亞新幾內亞珠母貝(kina) Neck-Ornament, Kina, in Papua New Guinea
典藏者
大英博物館(The British Museum)
彎月型、打磨過的珠母貝所製成的頸飾,貝體兩端有兩穿孔,右側穿孔已破裂,下方有一較小之鑽孔替代。纖維繩穿過兩孔作為頸飾的吊帶。由大英博物館民族誌部門 Michael David Peter O'Hanlon 博士於 1986 年購入。
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彎月型、打磨過的珠母貝所製成的頸飾,貝體兩端有兩穿孔,右側穿孔已破裂,下方有一較小之鑽孔替代。纖維繩穿過兩孔作為頸飾的吊帶。由大英博物館民族誌部門 Michael David Peter O'Hanlon 博士於 1986 年購入。
Neck-ornament made of a crescent shaped piece of polished pearl-shell. The ends are perforated with large holes - the one on the right has broken and has been replaced with a smaller hole below. Fibre ties are threaded through the holes. Purchased by Dr. Michael David Peter O'Hanlon (British Museum Ethnography Department staff) in 1986.
Wahgi people
珠母貝
Pearlshell
拋光、鑽孔
Polished, drilled
長:14 公分;寬:16.70 公分;厚:2 公分
Height: 14 centimetres; width: 16.70 centimetres; depth: 2 centimetres
Strathern, Andrew. 1978. Tambu and Kina: 'Profit', Exploitation and Reciprocity in Two New Guinea Ex- change Systems. Mankind. Vol. 11, Issue 3, pp. 253–264.