Rare couronne
made of bark and woven basketry, decorated with an ancestral desig…

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Rare couronne made of bark and woven basketry, decorated with an ancestral design made with natural pigments Old usage marks Lake Santani region, Irian-Jaya, Indonesia 14.5x21.5cm

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