Set of ethnographies ·  Papua New Guinea · ID: 3048839

Description

8 pcs., a) three forehead ornaments studded with nassa snails and dog teeth (25, 77 and 97 pcs.), on a band of twisted plant fibre cord, l: 40 cm - 58 cm

b) two combs, bamboo, carved in natural curvature, incised ornamentation accentuated with lime, 10 tines each, h: 19 cm & 29,5 cm. These simple combs were purely utilitarian objects, used by men, women and girls alike

c) two belts (d: 32 cm each) and bracelet (d: 9,5 cm), made of a meshwork of lygodium strips (“nugwa”), partly dyed yellow and red

The object Set of ethnographies with the object ID 3048839 was last part of the auction 98th Auction at March 26, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 129 achieved a sales price of EUR 180.

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Comparing literature

Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Coburg 1986, ill. 122 (b)