Lot #79 - Old wooden platter.
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Auction House:Theodore Bruce
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Sale Name:Antiques & Interiors including Fine Asian, Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art
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Sale Date:25 Nov 2012 ~ 11am
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Lot #:79
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Lot Description:Old wooden platter.
Used to present cone shells (new mwali) to Kaileuna Chiefs at end of the communal cone fishing competition, Vinanu. Purchased from Chief Katubai on Kaileuna Island. Trobriand Islands, PNG. See Kula: Myth and Magic in the Trobriand Islands, Jutta Malnic, Cowrie Books, 1998, p. 120. Jutta Malnic Collection. -
Estimate:A$200 - 300
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Realised Price:
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Category:Tribal
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