BOIKEN/ YANGORU, Papua New Guinea. Marine... - Lot 117 - Pousse-Cornet

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BOIKEN/ YANGORU, Papua New Guinea. Marine... - Lot 117 - Pousse-Cornet
BOIKEN/ YANGORU, Papua New Guinea. Marine gastropod shell, painted basketry, natural pigments, cassowary feathers. The shell is topped by a basketry mask with tubular eyes. This type of object was used as money, mainly to manage matrimonial compensations. Height : 37,5 cm. Small chips. Provenance: Former Serge Schoffel collection, Brussels. Literature: M. Hamson "Art of the Boiken" 2011 pages 137 - 163. - Coins and objects of exchange", Africa-Asia-Oceania. Anne Vanderstraete, Barbier-Mueller Museum Geneva, 2016. Figure 131.
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