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Made with stone tool? |
Made with modern equivalent |
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Finery and self decoration |
Miscellaneous head adornments |
Shell forehead plaque |
Shells, possum fur, string, bamboo, cuscus tail, cowrie shells, cassowary wing quills |
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Men |
Men |
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Finery and self decoration |
Miscellaneous head adornments |
Leaves in hair |
Shells, possum fur, string, bamboo, cuscus tail, cowrie shells, cassowary wing quills |
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Men |
Men |
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Finery and self decoration |
Miscellaneous head adornments |
Nassa shell forehead band |
Shells, possum fur, string, bamboo, cuscus tail, cowrie shells, cassowary wing quills |
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y |
Men |
Men |
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Finery and self decoration |
Miscellaneous head adornments |
Bead forehead band |
Shells, possum fur, string, bamboo, cuscus tail, cowrie shells, cassowary wing quills |
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y |
Men |
Men |
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Finery and self decoration |
Miscellaneous head adornments |
Cane headband |
Shells, possum fur, string, bamboo, cuscus tail, cowrie shells, cassowary wing quills |
y |
y |
Men |
Men |
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Finery and self decoration |
Miscellaneous head adornments |
Fur headband |
Shells, possum fur, string, bamboo, cuscus tail, cowrie shells, cassowary wing quills |
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Men |
Men Women occasionally |
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Finery and self decoration |
Miscellaneous head adornments |
Comb |
Shells, possum fur, string, bamboo, cuscus tail, cowrie shells, cassowary wing quills |
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y |
Men |
Men and Women |
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Finery and self decoration |
Ear decorations |
Knitted ear-ring |
Rattan, cassowary wing quills, bamboo, string, shell |
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Men and Women |
Men and Women |
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Finery and self decoration |
Ear decorations |
Braided ear-ring |
Rattan, cassowary wing quills, bamboo, string, shell |
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y |
Men |
Men |
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Finery and self decoration |
Ear decorations |
Shell ear-ring |
Rattan, cassowary wing quills, bamboo, string, shell |
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Men |
Men |
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Finery and self decoration |
Ear decorations |
Ear hair-pin |
Rattan, cassowary wing quills, bamboo, string, shell |
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y |
Men Women occasionally |
Men and Women |
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Finery and self decoration |
Necklaces and pendants |
Job's tears necklace |
Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease |
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Women |
Women |
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Finery and self decoration |
Necklaces and pendants |
Cowrie shell necklace front mounted |
Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease |
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y |
Men and Women |
Men and Women |
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Finery and self decoration |
Necklaces and pendants |
Cowrie shell necklace side mounted |
Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease |
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Men and Women |
Men |
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Finery and self decoration |
Necklaces and pendants |
Nassa shell necklace front mounted |
Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease |
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Men mainly Women sometimes |
Men mainly Women sometimes |
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Finery and self decoration |
Necklaces and pendants |
Nassa shell necklace side mounted |
Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease |
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y |
Men and Women |
Men and Women |
More
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Finery and self decoration |
Necklaces and pendants |
Shell disc necklace |
Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease |
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y |
Men and Women |
Men Women and Children |
More
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Finery and self decoration |
Necklaces and pendants |
Ark shell necklace |
Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease |
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Men Women and Children |
Children Men Women occasionally |
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Finery and self decoration |
Necklaces and pendants |
Cassowary quill necklace |
Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease |
y |
y |
Men |
Men |
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Finery and self decoration |
Necklaces and pendants |
Bead necklace |
Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease |
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Women |
Men Women and Children |
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Finery and self decoration |
Necklaces and pendants |
Pearl shell fragment necklace |
Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease |
y |
y |
Men and Women |
Men and Women |
More
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Finery and self decoration |
Necklaces and pendants |
Pearl shell pendant |
Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease |
y |
y |
Men |
Men and Women |
More
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Finery and self decoration |
Necklaces and pendants |
Pearl shell fillet |
Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease |
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Men |
Men |
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Finery and self decoration |
Necklaces and pendants |
Pearl shell wrapper |
Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease |
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Men |
Men |
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Finery and self decoration |
Necklaces and pendants |
Bark pearl shell wrapper |
Job's tears, nettle vines, tree and fig saplings, cowrie shells, nassa shells, shell discs, arc shells, string, rattan, cassowary quills, tulip bark fibre, bamboo, leaves, screw pine, feathers, bark, resin, hornbill beak, pig's tusk, wax, pig grease |
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y |
Men |
Men |