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Drilled and polished cut shell, woven plant fiber Highlands region, Papua New Guinea 29 x 21 cm

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Drilled and polished cut shell, woven plant fiber Highlands region, Papua New Guinea 29 x 21 cm

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4 pieces of Sepik jewelry, Papua New Guinea: 1 breast ornament cut from the shell of the cymbium snail, with a roll of cord and small cowries as decoration and a suspension of fiber cord, w 11.5 cm; 1 necklace of cord with small cowries artfully interwoven in a zigzag pattern and ending with 2 larger shell discs, l approx. 63 cm; and 2 necklaces made of cord with interwoven small shell discs, l 40 and 70 cm, from an old private collection, collection period between 1950 and 1970.4428-101

Wood, carved, painted, plant fibers. Remains of fur. Rectangular face with flared forehead and cheeks and recessed eyeholes. Wide mouth with carved teeth, lower jaw attached with plant fibers, movable. (missing parts, chips). Dan, West Africa, 20th century. H. 23.5 cm.

Primary money - Papua New Guinea - 2 chains, 1x plant fiber braid with shell discs, pre-coinage means of payment, so-called primitive money, traces of age, 1x with talismans, plant braid with long wooden bead links, jaw of a flying fox, pig bristles and a cassowary claw, traces of age

Estim. 2 500 - 3 500 EUR

A SALAMPASU MASK Wood, copper and vegetal fibers. Old. Congo. Iron stand. Height: 33 cm.

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