MISSIONARY ETHNOLOGICAL MUSEUM

Tambaran

STATE OF PRESERVATION: Unfortunately all the objects in the house are infested by insects and present cracks and fissures on the wooden surfaces, oxidation of the fabrics, and dehydration of the vegetable fibers. Infesting insects. RESTORATION PROCESS INCLUDES: • Pesticide treatment • Fixing of the tears • Removal of the oxidation and corrosion • Consolidation of the wood • Dry-cleaning of the fabrics • Integration of the missing parts where needed • Overall consolidation • Photographic documentation and summary Total cost € 180.000,00 contact our office for further information This is an amazing reconstruction of a traditional house used by the males of the clans in Papua New Guinea. The majority of the architectural elements of this house are original. The inside is full of different types of artefacts: music instruments, chairs, skulls from the ancestors, shields and armours.

Index for this Department: Introduction Japanese Armor of Kon Kebiki Odoshi Gomai Dangaie-Do-Tosei-Gusoku Chinese Armor of a General of the Manciù Dinasty Peacocks Under a Cherry Tree Two Tapa Masks from Melanesia Ten Colored Xylographies Four Ceremonial Shields for Tambaran House Two Ritual Masks Tubuai and Duk-Duk Bundu Costume Two Vanatu Masks Tambaran Ten Funerary Poles Sacred Polynesian Reliquary Eskimo Kayak Two African Lirae Japanese Sword Wakizashi signed “Yasutsugu”

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