Auction Closed
May 13, 03:32 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
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)
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