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.