Find Lots

• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Aboriginal Art Auction
• Sale Date:
  26 Mar 2014 ~ 7pm
• Lot #:
  162
• Lot Description:
  'Talipun' Bride Price
  woven cane fibre with white and pink natural earth pigments, with large segment of marbled turban shell
  52.0 cm height
• Artist:
  Artist Unknown (Papua New Guinea) ~ (Yangoru Boiken, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea)
• Provenance:
  Private collection, Melbourne, collected 1960s
• Notes:
  The talipun is highly valued and used in ceremonial exchange as a bride price or as compensation for inter-clan or tribal warfare. The shell is the giant green snail or marbled turban shell (Turbo marmoratus). This is traded from the islands to the mainland where in itself it has currency. It is then attached to a woven mask. This example with protruding eyes represents a spirit.
• Estimate:
  A$1,000 - 1,500
• Realised Price:
  *****
  

  Can't see the realised price? Upgrade your subscription now!

• Category:
  Tribal

This Sale has been held and this item is no longer available. Details are provided for information purposes only.