African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 15th December 2021
Lot 895
An Eastern Highlands loin cloth
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £280
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Description
An Eastern Highlands loin cloth
Kainantu area, Papua New Guinea
with a wood bat shape penis cover having pigment and scorched decoration, with a woven fibre waistband, a tapa strap and a tasselled leaf rear cover with red and black pigment,
36cm wide.
Provenance
Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of Solomon Islands in Israel.
Collected in 1978.
Worn during 'sing sings,' traditional ceremonies, together with body paint and body jewellery.