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Description: | Ear decorations (Bedamuni: gigiitu). One of two strings of nanya beads (Job’s Tears, Coix lacryma-jobi) to be worn by boys at their initiation and by dancers as ear decorations (gigiitu). Each string has a piece of Common Spotted Cuscus fur (Spilocuscus maculatus) at one end, and a flight-feather made into a suspending device at the other end. The strings are suspended from the ears or a headdress. These were bought from Kaase.
caption: General view of object no. 1982.16ii.
caption: Detail view of object no. 1982.16ii. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | Job's tears seed common spotted cuscus fur ear ornaments Bedamuni feather | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-89694 | Go to resource |
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