Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018
Lot 645
A Truk Islands headband Caroline Islands
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2200
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Description
A Truk Islands headband
Caroline Islands, Micronesia
with thirteen bound rows of fibre with a coconut fibre cushion, dusted with turmeric powder, the ends with bead borders and with plaited fibre ties,
35cm long.
Provenance
Governor Hahl, Linden Museum, Stuttgart, collected before 1912.
Christie's, Amsterdam, 24 May 2000, lot 218.