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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  The Todd Barlin Collection
• Sale Date:
  17 Aug 2015 ~ 6pm
• Lot #:
  60
• Lot Description:
  Twenty Six Old Nose Ornaments
  19th Century or earlier.
  2 - 20.5cm (26)
• Notes:
  Todd Barlin spent more than 30 years saving the best examples of nose ornaments for his own personal collection. These nose ornaments are generations old and belonged to people's ancestors. Nose piercing was done all over mainland New Guinea for important initiation rites. These are from Humboldt Bay and Lake Sentani, Papuan Gulf, Oro Province and Rossel Island, Milne Bay Province.Part of this ornament collection was used for the Sydney University Museum Exhibition Adorned" 1999."
• Estimate:
  A$400 - 600
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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