Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th February 2019
Lot 1347
Two Abelam bride currencies talipun Papua New Guinea
Estimate £300 - £400
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Description
Two Abelam bride currencies talipun
Papua New Guinea, Melanesia
turbo marmoratus shell, woven fibre, cassowary feathers and pigment, one with an ancestral mask and the other with a bird head, numbered 3049,
the masks, 24.5cm and 33cm high, on stands. (4)
Provenance
The Bob Wise Collection.