Ornament
Description
In 1974 Waikato Museum acquired a selection of items, including this 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: Bahapo/bapho – this is the name of the tree from which this is made. Occasionally put in the hair above the ears, may be one on each side as an ornament.
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