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Boiken, Papua-Neuguinea

shell of the giant Turbo marmoratus snail, a drop-shaped wickerwork mask attached, painted with black, red and white pigment, decorated with cassowary feathers, encrusted with clay, rubbed off in parts, min. dam.;
the shells of giant Turbo marmoratus snails were purchased from the coastal tribes. The complete object was then kept and used by the Yangoru or traded to the Jatmul, who use these composite works of art as bride-prices.
L: 32 cm, (5217/030)

Provenance:
Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany
Coll. Ralf Schulte-Bahrenberg, Duisburg, Germany

Lit.: Heermann, Ingrid, Südsee-Abteilung, Linden-Museum, Stuttgart 1989, p. 96

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Boiken, Papua-Neuguinea

shell of the giant Turbo marmoratus snail, a drop-shaped wickerwork mask attached, painted with black, red and white pigment, decorated with cassowary feathers, encrusted with clay, rubbed off in parts, min. dam.;
the shells of giant Turbo marmoratus snails were purchased from the coastal tribes. The complete object was then kept and used by the Yangoru or traded to the Jatmul, who use these composite works of art as bride-prices.
L: 32 cm, (5217/030)

Provenance:
Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany
Coll. Ralf Schulte-Bahrenberg, Duisburg, Germany

Lit.: Heermann, Ingrid, Südsee-Abteilung, Linden-Museum, Stuttgart 1989, p. 96