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Description: | Boar's Tusk breast ornament, worn to give the strength and bravery of the wild boar. New Guinea.
Breast ornament made of four boar tusks held symmetrically together with woven vegetable fibre binding, with attached woven vegetable fibre cord. It is worn to give the strength and bravery of a wild boar.
caption: Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn11099
caption: Rear view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn11099
caption: General view of label of Horniman Museum object no nn11099
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn11099 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | pig tooth string breast ornaments (personal adornment) | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-111040 | Go to resource |
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