Breast ornament · Papua New Guinea - Yangoru · ID: 3032584
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Size
B: 18 cm
H: 11,5 cm
B: 7.1 inch
H: 4.5 inch
Description
cymbium shell, slit in the centre with the filigree depiction of a crocodile made of tortoise shell attached, drilled hole on the upper rim for support, fine notches at the lower rim, rest., slightly dam
The object Breast ornament with the object ID 3032584 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 43.
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Comparing literature
Heermann, Ingrid, Menter, Ulrich, Schmuck der Südsee, München 1990, p. 30, ill. 21