An Eastern Highlands loin cloth

An Eastern Highlands loin cloth

Kainantu area, Papua New Guinea

with a wood bat shape penis cover having pigment and scorched decoration, with a woven fibre waistband, a tapa strap and a tasselled leaf rear cover with red and black pigment,

36cm wide.

Provenance

Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of Solomon Islands in Israel.

Collected in 1978.

Worn during 'sing sings,' traditional ceremonies, together with body paint and body jewellery.