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Lot 196 Dα

NEW GUINEA ORNAMENTS

Auction 1119 - overview Brussels
24.10.2018, 14:00 - A Sculptor´s Eye
Estimate: 400 € - 600 €
Result: 620 € (incl. premium)

NEW GUINEA ORNAMENTS
New Guinea

Four Asmat bamboo pendants; four Sepik bone necklaces; three Dani bone necklaces; a Dani nassa shell ornament and a Sepik belt of shell discs
16 to 104 cm. long

Cf. Schneebaum, T., "Asmat Images", Agats, 1985, p.167, fig.b, for a similar necklace with bamboo pendant in a form of a human figure, said to be a headhunter's necklace.