African, Oceanic & Art of the Americas - 28 Apr 2022

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A Middle Sepik bride price currency belt

£200 - £300 £60

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.

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