Lot no. 133
MENDI, Highlands region, Papua New Guinea.
Kina" pectoral ornament for warriors, symbolising power and a sign of wealth and authority.
Beautiful mother-of-pearl in the shape of a crescent moon, with iridescent reflections and coated in red ochre. A band of plant fibres to which cypraea shells and cuscus fur are attached.
"(species of marsupial).
Size: 21x22 cm.
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African, American and Oceanic Art
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