Amulet bag of zoomorphic shape
Papua New Guinea - Boiken area
not available anymore
Provenance
Michael Hamson, Palos Verdes, USASize
H: 34 cm
H: 13.4 inch
Description
tripartite fibre netting, seamed by nassa snails and spread with a mixture of clay and red ochre, split boar tusks, arranged in a circle and in shape of crowning horns, cassowary feathers, cowrie shell pendant, slightly dam. (fibre netting), metal base