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Lindsey Tolley
Hello, I'm Lindsay Tolley with the David Owsley Museum of Art, and this is your Owsley moment, brought to you by IPR and the Ball State School of Art. the story.

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Lindsey Tolley
In many cultures today, when women marry, they wear a headpiece or veil. At the David Owsley Museum of Art. You can see what y'all more women from the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea where, when becoming brides, this object is woven from native plant fibers and painted with red brick like pigments. Attached to the bottom of the headpiece are ceremonial shells woven into the shape of a crocodile's head, the most important animal in your mouth.

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Lindsey Tolley
Folklore and mythology. The crocodile has its tongue out in the back of the headpiece has open triangular holes that allow us to see the bride. This piece is worn similarly to a veil falling down like hair when placed on the Latmul bride's head. When the ceremony is complete and the Yamal woman is married, she enters her new home wearing this headpiece, indicating to the world that she is a newlywed.

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Lindsey Tolley
We'd like to thank Ball State student Georgia Ferry for their research, and if you would like to hear past episodes of the Owsley moment, visit Indiana Public radio.org. To learn more about the David Owsley Museum of Art, visit bsu.edu/doma.