Details
nine new guinea ornaments
A head ornament of lenticular form, the fibre and human hair panel with border of dog's teeth, old label; a circular panel of woven fibre with border of cowrie shells; a pendant of cowries on cloth base with two attached boar's tusks; a bracelet with five boar's tusks on fibre strap; a pendant with two boar's tusks bound with rattan; two pendants each with two shell rings bound with fibre; a bracelet of four shell sections secured with coloured bead strings; and a woven fibre chain with feather tassels
The longest 19cm. wide (9)
A head ornament of lenticular form, the fibre and human hair panel with border of dog's teeth, old label; a circular panel of woven fibre with border of cowrie shells; a pendant of cowries on cloth base with two attached boar's tusks; a bracelet with five boar's tusks on fibre strap; a pendant with two boar's tusks bound with rattan; two pendants each with two shell rings bound with fibre; a bracelet of four shell sections secured with coloured bead strings; and a woven fibre chain with feather tassels
The longest 19cm. wide (9)
Provenance
Lt.Gen.A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers for the first, sold Sotheby's London, December 3, 1984, lot 300