Shell apron · Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - Admirality Islands · ID: 3050178
sold
EUR 650
Provenance
Alexander Kubetz (1946-2023), Munich, GermanySize
L: 47 cm
56 cm (with beaded strings)
L: 18.5 inch
22.0 inch (with beaded strings)
Description
wool, snail-shell discs, glass beads, seeds, feathers,
Very beautiful old piece. Comparable apron from the holdings of the Linden Museum Stuttgart published in the exhibition catalogue of the Rietberg Museum, “Admirality Islands- Art from the South Seas”, Zurich 2002, p. 170, ill. 84 ff.
Comparing literature
Kaufmann, Christian & Christin Kocher Schmid et. al., Admirality islands, Museum Rietberg Zurich 2002, p. 170 ff.