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Rare Talipun Bride Price Collected before 1970 by Edler

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Rare Talipun Bride Price Collected before 1970 by Edler

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Description

A Very fine and rare Talipun, bride price. Consisting of a wonderful spiral sea shell and a woven rattan grass and Cassowary bird feather adornment. Boiken people, Papua New Guinea. Complete example with both shell and original woven figural crest. Field collected by John C. Edler in Papua New Guinea, C. 1970's or earlier. The shell and woven addition measures approx 13 x 8.5 inches.

Condition

fair, weathered, and fragile.

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Rare Talipun Bride Price Collected before 1970 by Edler

Name: Rare Talipun Bride Price Collected before 1970 by Edler
SKU: 80548470
Price: 50 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $400 - $800

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