TWO PAPUAN GULF HUNTING CHARMS, marupai, of coconut-shell, carved as stylised pigs' heads, the mouths and flared nostrils pierced, incised all over with bands of zigzags, the larger with stylised mask to the top and a lizard to the underside, traces of lime

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TWO PAPUAN GULF HUNTING CHARMS, marupai, of coconut-shell, carved as stylised pigs' heads, the mouths and flared nostrils pierced, incised all over with bands of zigzags, the larger with stylised mask to the top and a lizard to the underside, traces of lime
11.5cm and 13cm. long (2)
Further details
see illustration on page 71

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