Breast ornament · Papua New Guinea, Huon Gulf/Admirality Islands · ID: 3038860

Name: Breast ornament
SKU: 3038860
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

English Private Collection

Size

H: 11 cm

H: 4.3 inch

Description

cymbium shell with a disc carved from turtle shell in filigree openwork design, fixed by cord material and button, slightly dam., minor missing parts (disc from turtle shell), rep. at the same place, base

Oceania

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