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Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.
Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.

Unique, Rare 3-Tier Sing-Sing Festival Pristine Nassa Shells & Seed Beads Bilas Pectoral Adornment, Necklace Ornament from the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, NECK5, collected in late 1900’s.

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Rare authentic original pectoral decoration from Papua New Guinea worn during a boys’ initiation rites festival and collected on the premises in the late 1900's.

NECK5, handmade chest adornment, time consuming to create because of its netting configuration.

Bilas (Pisin from the English word flash) are finery, ornaments, jewelry, decorations, showy costumes (bilas or bilong worn during a celebration, rite of passage, wedding, initiation, sing-sing) and worn at a village celebration dance.

Unique 3 Tiers Sing-Sing Shell Seed Bilas Festival Pectoral Necklace Ornament from Papua New Guinea Highlands.

Rare with 5 different type of seed beads & beautiful nassa shells.

Collected on the premises in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, during a celebration, this very detailed and intricate, entirely handmade, necklace is large and authentic.

As the local tradition, necklaces, headbands and armbands are knotted from handmade vegetal string and may include seeds, coix, nassa shells or others, Unique trade beads, feathers and fur, grasses and ferns, croton leaves, yellow orchid vine, everlasting daisies, links of bamboo and fiber chains etc...

Such decorative items were only worn by newly initiated men of Papua New Guinea during special ceremonies & rites, as a pectoral ornament. 

Artistic expression in the Highlands is conveyed largely through body art. Diverse in both media and application, the major components of Highlands body ornamentation include bird of paradise plumes, body paint, and an enormous variety of decorative objects made from shell, teeth, beetles, orchid stem, fur, bone, bark, wood, and fiber. (Moriarty recognized the importance of this art and its central position in the broader context of Highlands art. A visionary in any age, he not only developed a unique collection of body decoration from the Highlands of New Guinea, but saw to it that this collection remained intact by donating it to the AGNSW. Today it is part of what is possibly the world's most important accumulation of this art.)

All our collector and rare items come with pages and pages of research about provenance, and with history of the tribes and photos as well, depending on item and whenever possible. When shipping internationally, we group ship multiple purchases to save you money, and find the best rates available. If you have any questions or want to see research conducted on this piece and photos of tribes, let us know.