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TRUK ISLANDS HEAD ORNAMENT, MICRONESIA
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
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nagasàka, made of coconut (Cocos nucifera) fibers, old label attached, printed recto "Museum für Völkerkunde Giessen" and inscribed "Karolinen" and verso printed/inscribed "Inv.-No. 3/33.", "Kat.-No. 4/3.", "[illegible]" and "S.S." [Südsee].
Provenance
Reportedly collected in situ by a member of the "Freiherr von Gayl" family, ca. 1893
Museum für Völkerkunde, Giessen (inv. no. "3/33"), by 1910
Oberhessisches Museum, Giessen
Acquired by the present owner from the above in the early 1990s
Museum für Völkerkunde, Giessen (inv. no. "3/33"), by 1910
Oberhessisches Museum, Giessen
Acquired by the present owner from the above in the early 1990s
Catalogue Note
For a closely related head ornament in the collection of the Linden-Museum Stuttgart see Heermann and Menter (1990: cat. 74).