Lot Essay
Such pectoral ornaments were reputedly worn by men who had killed a man in battle
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NORTH COAST, LEITRE AREA
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a new guinea man's tusk, shell and seed ornament
North Coast, Leitre area
The arrow-shaped woven split cane panel with applied Abrus seeds within Nassa shell borders, with boar's tusks in diminishing sizes in the interstices, twisted fibre fringe and loop for suspension, old label
22cm. long
North Coast, Leitre area
The arrow-shaped woven split cane panel with applied Abrus seeds within Nassa shell borders, with boar's tusks in diminishing sizes in the interstices, twisted fibre fringe and loop for suspension, old label
22cm. long