Item BR161
This Item was Sold on 23 September
2008 for $63
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This ornamental hair pin was made out of a section of a
large mammal bone. These were sometimes made out of human
bones, but this one was probably made out of a pig or other
large mammal bone. The New Guinea men often have large
"Afro" style hair buns and they insert these hair pins into
their hair for decoration. This hair pin was collected in
PNG in the early 1980s. It was an older piece when it was
collected. There is no damage to this artifact. It look
really great! Length = 40 cm ; Weight = 28 gm