A New Guinea headdress
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Property of various owners
A New Guinea headdress
Papua New Guinea, of classical form, with cowrie shell headband, a large ovoid shell apex, and strings of seeds and shells to either side; the whole crowned with a dense spread of black cassowary feathers.
height 15in
Estimate:
US$ 2,500 - 3,500
£1,700 - 2,300
€1,900 - 2,700

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Tambaran Gallery, New York

Category: Ethnographic Art / Tribal

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