FIVE NEW GUINEA GLASS EAR ORNAMENTS - image-1

Lot 154 Dα

FIVE NEW GUINEA GLASS EAR ORNAMENTS

Auction 1119 - overview Brussels
24.10.2018, 14:00 - A Sculptor´s Eye
Estimate: 300 € - 500 €
Result: 310 € (incl. premium)

FIVE NEW GUINEA GLASS EAR ORNAMENTS
Cenderawasih Bay, Western New Guinea

4 to 6 cm. long

Cf. Wassing-Visser, R., "Sieraden en Lichaamsversiering uit Indonesie", Deflt, 1984, p.131, fig.223, for glass bracelets collected on Tanimbar. The author states that the origin is unkown and they were not work but were highly prized valuables.