 
            headhunting horn
Objectcode
    EA/1001/1
  Description (brief)
              Headhunting case made of light-coloured wood, decorated with carved designs. The case can be worn around the neck with the attached chord. The ridges of the engraving are polished or worn smooth, the edgings are coloured red (pigment). The case shows traces of white pigment.
          Dimensions (L x Ø)
  	    44,0 x 8,0 cm
  	  Production technique
              carving
          Thesaurus terms
Materials thesaurus
          Materials thesaurus
 » organic
 » vegetal
 » stem
 » cane
 » bamboo
              Cultural
          Cultural origin
 » Papua
 » South Coast
 » South Coast peoples
 » Marind
              Geographic
          Geographical term
 » Papua
 » Division South New-Guinea
 » Subdivision Merauke
              Object category
          OVM Category
 » wapens, strijd en oorlog
 » sierwapens