Bride-price "talipun" · Papua New Guinea - Boiken area, Yangoru · ID: 3037090
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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.
Littérature comparée
Meyer, Anthony J.P., Ozeanische Kunst, Vol. I, Köln 1995, ill. 357