Photo Credit – South Australian Museum
Posted by – Joost Daalder

A ceremonial headdress (peng koem) from Papua New Guinea’s Melpa people in West Highlands Province. Materials used include human hair, rattan, resin, ochre, orchid fibre, green beetles and white baler shell.

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Tags: beetles, headress, human hair, Melpa people, ochre, orchid fibre, organic, papau new guinea, papua new guinea, rattan, resin, shell