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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Timed Online Auction | The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic and Asian Art | Day I
• Sale Date:
  08 Aug 2022 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  9204
• Lot Description:
  A Fine Set of Three Old Pig Bone Belts and Two Old Penis Gourds that Were Worn together, Waris Area, NW West Papua (Irian Jaya)
  Indonesia, 19th Century
  L 41 cm [Belts], 14-16 cm [Gourds]
• Provenance:
  Todd Barlin Field Collected & photographed (See Field photo of Men Wearing these); The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic Art
• Notes:
  This set of three Pig Bone Belts and a Penis Sheath Gourd are from the Waris District of West Papua Irian Jaya Indonesia. These were once worn daily by the people in this area of West Papua, now these ornaments were only kept as family heirlooms and worn only for the occasional traditional ceremony. When a line of men wearing these ornaments and flexed their hips the gourd would tip up and hit the bone belts making a nice percussion noise, tok tok tok. These guys from Waris were kind enough to show me how they were worn. All types of body ornaments were considered as a type of traditional wealth, you can see on this set that the both belts and gourd have deep old patina from handling and use.
• Estimate:
  A$300 - 500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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