"Wedding Hairstyle "ambusaq" Papoua New Guinea Oceania Primitive Art"
Old "ambusaq" bridal hairstyle worn for wedding ceremonies.It is both a currency and an adornment. This is the most important ornament worn by the future bride.
The bottom of the headdress ends with a crocodile representing the sign of the family totem.
In vegetable fibers and cowries, traces of usual paints
Early 20th
Papua New Guinea, middle Sepik
(Missing a small woven part on the left side)
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