Collection of arm jewellery and primitive money ·  Papua New Guinea · ID: 3052306

Description

12 pcs., in plexiglass box

a) upper arm ornament, New Britain, plant fibre, nassas snails, d: 12.5 cm; b) armlet with tongue-shaped decorative elements trimmed with nassa snails, d: 11.3 cm;
c) upper arm ornament, knotted plant fibre band with attached cowrie shells, d: 13.3 cm;
d) upper arm/neck ornament, plant fibre band with dog teeth and nassas snails, d: 12 cm;
e) boar tusk pendant with glass bead decoration, h: 11 cm;
f) small jewellery and money ring ‘yua’, Maprik, d: 8 cm / 9 cm;
g) shell money “diwarra”, Lower Sepik, cord made of split rattan with shells of Nassarius camelus, 2 pcs., l: 12.5 cm & 6.5 cm;
h) two jewellery/money rings “pupuk”, Maprik, d: 6.5 cm & 3 cm;
i) two dyed jewellery/money rings, d: 6 cm and 2.5 cm

Comparing literature

Conru, Kevin (ed.), Bismarck Archipelago Art, Milan 2013, p. 155, ill. 77 c. (a)