Neck ornament "ngut" ·  Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Britain - Tolai · ID: 3037031

Description

band of plantfibre netting, embroidered with kuskus teeth, shell discs at the rim, plaited cord for attachment

The object Neck ornament “ngut” with the object ID 3037031 was part of the auction 77th tribal art auction on June 28, 2014. The object with the lot number 65 achieved a sales price of EUR 350 with an asking price of EUR 120.

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Comparing literature

Heermann, Ingrid & Ulrich Menter, Schmuck der Südsee, München 1990, ill. 49