two new guinea arm ornaments

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two new guinea arm ornaments
Maprik
Each of woven fibre modelled as a mask, attached boar's tusks to the sides, nassa shells about the borders, coloured red, blue and yellow, one with feather tassels
27cm. and 29cm. long (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. Koch, G. Kultur der Abelam, 1968, fig.104

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