Bride-price "talipun"
Papua New Guinea - Boiken area, Yangoru
not available anymore
Size
H: 62 cm
H: 24.4 inch
Description
wickerwork head attached to the shell of a giant “Turbo marmoratus” snail, dyed with colourful pigments (red, blue, white, black), crowned by a small hornbill head, good condition, metal 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.