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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  The Todd Barlin Collection of Fine Oceanic & Asian Arts
• Sale Date:
  08 May 2016 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  210
• Lot Description:
  Two Old New Guinea Highlands Magic Bags, [2]
  including an old Magic Bundle for success in warfare from the Wahgi Valley Area, Western Highlands Province; together with another Magic Bundle decorated with possum jaw bones (30cm) that has an old label that reads Tulmkon " a bag with girl magic worn under the armpit, Bomlba Village, Minj Sub district, Western Highlands Province.
  35 cm, 52 cm
• Provenance:
  The first bag is Todd Barlin Collection acquired in Mount Hagen c. 1986, the second was acquired from an Australian School teacher who was living in New Guinea in the 1970s / Todd Barlin Collection.
• Notes:
  All over New Guinea people believed in magical objects and substances that protected them from malevolent acts or sorcery against them. These objects were often kept in special made small woven bags that a person wore on their body for protection
• Estimate:
  A$500 - 700
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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