Image: Widow's mourning vest

Widow's mourning vest. Mambare, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. Acquired 1894. Job's Tears seeds (Coix lacrimae), string, shell. Australian Museum Collection.

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Last Updated: 28 October 2009

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