Ewa New Guinea Tribal Art Gallery specializes in tribal art from the Sepik region of Papua New Guinea. Ewa provides sales and information on masks, figures, adornments, utensils and material culture of various artistic styles from villages across the Sepik River region.
This is a fine latmul headdress, a most treasured heirloom of a Sepik woman's wedding. Small shells are attached to woven bush twine. This headdress displays various larger shells and fine circular pieces of turtle carapace attached to both sides.
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