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Back ornament "kara-ut"
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Lot 24
96th Auction

Back ornament "kara-ut"

Papua New Guinea, Abelam, Maprik Hills
sold EUR 400
Provenance
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Size
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

Comparing literature

Heermann, Ingrid & Ulrich Menter, Schmuck der Südsee, München 1990, p. 79, ill. 26
Oceania

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