Description
Unique museum collection showing the main cultural and linguistic lands of New Guinea and giving a complete picture of the material, technological and aesthetic heritage of its peoples. It consists of original traditional objects collected between 1970 and 2010. The artifacts are carefully made in terms of material, technique and design. It consists of beautiful woven mats, baskets, ceramics, masks and ceremonial costumes, musical instruments, including drums, household appliances, hunting and war weapons, fishing equipment and others.
Details
Type of infrastructure:
'Core Lab' laboratory
Strategic infrastructure:
No
Accessibility
non-commercial teaching activities
scientific research
Manager / operator
Manager
Manager's name
Mariusz Kairski, PhD
Manager's e-mail
mariusz.kairski@ug.edu.pl
Manager's phone
+48 58 523 37 10
Laboratory where the equipment is located
Name of the laboratory
Ethnographic collection of prof. Wojciech Bęben
Location
University
University of Gdańsk
Organisational Unit
Faculty of History
Street
Bielańska 5
Postal Code
80-851
City
Gdańsk
Room
43