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2264 - Boiken Talipun Currency, Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea, Talipun are one of the oldest forms of currency in New Guinea. Combining a giant green snail shell, and typically a woven representation of an ancestral face, then pigmented and accentuated with cassowary feathers, the currency is exchanged as bride price in conjunction with other valuables, 35cm x 23cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia
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Boiken Talipun Currency, Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea, Talipun are one of the oldest forms of currency in New Guinea. Combining a giant green snail shell, and typically a woven representation of an ancestral face, then pigmented and accentuated with cassowary feathers, the currency is exchanged as bride price in conjunction with other valuables, 35cm x 23cm Provenance: Kevin Trueman Collection, Brisbane, Australia
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Session III - Kevin Trueman Oceanic Art CollectionAuction house
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