Ornament and currency ring "yua" · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, Abelam · ID: 3032570
Description
cut from tridacna shell, slightly vaulted on the outside, natural veined, on metal base;
such rings were used as primitive money but men used to wear them during ritual dances as well. Sometimes they were given to young girls who were about to marry. They fixed the rings to special bags used to be worn with a headband, and thus made them an important part of their festive costume. They were used for decoration of the big yams root as well.
L’objet Ornament and currency ring “yua” avec l’ID d’objet 3032570 a fait partie de l’enchère 68th tribal art auction en 3 mars 2012 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 21.
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Littérature comparée
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Coburg 1986, p. 147