Nose ornament

Maker
Unknown Maker
Description
In 1974 Waikato Museum acquired a selection of items, including this nose ornament, from Graham Jackson. Jackson was a New Zealand anthropologist who spent time living with and researching the Kopon and the Kalam people of the Lower Kaironk Valley in Papua New Guinea.

Jackson fieldnotes: Probably a cornus shell. Wrwr: no literal meaning known. Worn in the nose by males at ceremonials. May also be strung round the neck (this one has a hole in it for a piece of string). Probably manufactured by males. Shells are traded possibly already made or cut down.
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Object detail

Maker
Media/Materials
Shell
Measurements
30<33mm - diameter.
10mm - depth.
Production place
Lower Kaironk Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Collection
Graham Jackson Collection/New Guinea Collection/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1974/64/56

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