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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Decorative Arts & Collectables
• Sale Date:
  10 Sep 2022 ~ 10am (AEST) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 790
  11 Sep 2022 ~ 10am (AEST) - Session 2: Lots 791 - 1604
• Lot #:
  418
• Lot Description:
  AKHA LOHMI HEADDRESS: Made from Indian Rupees, “Fat Man Dollars”, French Indochinese Piastre coins, 20th century Burmese beads…
  …hand-made silver moon-shaped buttons, chains, pendants, tassels, red-dyed chicken hackles and horse hair, circa 1950s. Some Akha remodel their headdresses when the materials age, as shinier is better in their minds. The silver gleams in this, but it is genuinely old and very high grade silver: Approximately 2.5 kilos SILVER (INDIAN RUPEES): 94.7% pure. SILVER (MOON-SHAPED “BUTTONS”): 90.6% pure. 38 genuine Indian Rupees (George V, 1912 - 1919). 6 genuine Yuan Shi Kai “Fat Man Dollars” (1914 - 1921). 2 genuine French Indochinese 1 Piastre (1898 & 1921). 2 genuine Indian 1/4 Rupees (1919 & 1936). Approximately 3 kg SILVER WEIGHT.
  64cm high.
• Notes:
  Rare and genuinely old item bought from elderly Akha lady in Chiang Rai, 1989.
• Estimate:
  A$6,000 - 8,000
• Realised Price:
  $0.00
• Category:
  Oriental

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