Back ornament "kara-ut" · Papua New Guinea, Abelam, Maprik Hills · ID: 3048003
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The NetherlandsSize
L: 34 cm & 40 cm
L: 13.4 inch & 15.7 inch
Description
plant fibre, red and yellow ochre, boar tusks, nassa snails, feathers, in addition: Sepik breast ornament with cymbium shell, nassa and cowrie snails, feathers, fabric
The object Back ornament “kara-ut” with the object ID 3048003 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 24 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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Comparing literature
Heermann, Ingrid & Ulrich Menter, Schmuck der Südsee, München 1990, p. 79, ill. 26