Bride-price "talipun" · Papua New Guinea - Boiken · ID: 3033036
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Provenance
Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, GermanySize
H: 45,5 cm
H: 17.9 inch
Description
wickerwork mask, dyed with red, black and white pigment and crowned by a wooden hornbill beak, attached to the shell of a giant “turbo marmoratus” snail, good condition, on base;
the complete object is kept and used by the Yangoru or traded to the Iatmul, who use these composite works of art as bride-prices.
Comparing literature
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, ill. 357