African, Oceanic & Art of the Americas - 28th April 2022
Lot 1285
A Middle Sepik bride price currency belt
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £60
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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.