Breast ornament "kapkap" · Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland · ID: 3038862
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Provenance
German Private Collection (before 1914)Size
D: 5,2 cm
D: 2.0 inch
Description
thin shell disc from Tridacna gigas with extremely fine openworked disc from turtle shell, held in place by thin cord and miniature glass beads, remains of an old collection label, very good condition; additional: two bracelets from the Admirality Islands, d: 10 cm & 12 cm, plaited from fine orchid bast, dyed with natural pigments in red and yellow; additional: penis cover, pumpkin, l: 31 cm, grassfibre cuff and cord for attachment
The object Breast ornament “kapkap” with the object ID 3038862 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 19.
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