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Lot 11 : Group of four ethnographic objects - Papua-Neuguinea
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Group of four ethnographic objects
Papua-Neuguinea
bone dagger, Sepik, l: 29 cm, cassowary bone, sharpened on one end, the swivel head pierced and cut on both sides, carved with diamond-shaped ornaments, bone daggers were worn in a band on the upper arm and served as a weapon for hunting and in war times; headband, l: 26 cm, string of plant fibre, with shell discs attached, cut from conus snail, the rings were regarded as means of payment and bridal dowry; comb with feather ornament «mindja», h: 14 cm/41 cm (together with cock-feather), seven teeth, fixed by a handle of knotted plant fibre; comb, h: 24 cm, cut from bamboo, 18 teeth, handle with incised ornaments
(4991/007)
Lit.:
Koch, Gert, Kultur der Abelam, Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin 1968, p. 66, ill. 118
Aumann, Georg, Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Neu Guinea, Ausst.kat., Naturwissenschaftliches Museum, Coburg 1986, p. 166
