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WESTERN ELEMA AMULET OR CHARM (MARUPAI)

Auction Closed

May 13, 03:32 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 USD

Lot Details

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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