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Description
WESTERN ELEMA AMULET OR CHARM (MARUPAI)
Orokolo Bay, Gulf of Papua, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea
Dwarf coconut, pigment, fiber
Length: 4 ½ in (11.5 cm)
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Provenance
Beatrice Blackwood, collected in situ at Orokolo Bay in 1937
Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, donated by the above
Denver Art Museum (inv. no. NP-ME (NG) -26-xx-46), acquired from the above by exchange on July 22, 1948
Harry A. Franklin, Beverly Hills, acquired from the above by exchange in April, 1962
Pacific Art from the Collection of Harry A. Franklin
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