African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 15th December 2021
Lot 888
A Middle Sepik bride price currency belt
Estimate £200 - £300
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Description
A Middle Sepik bride price currency belt
Papua New Guinea
fibre and nassa shells,
480cm long,
two Marawaka, Eastern Highlands orchid vine necklaces, one with Job's tears seeds, and three Sepik shell body ornaments. (6)
Provenance
Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of Solomon Islands in Israel.
Collected between 1974 and 1978.