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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 #:
  249
• Lot Description:
  A Ceremonial Headdress, Wahgi Valley, Western Highlands Province
  finely made from bark cloth and resin over a cane frame, decorated with croix seeds; shells, feathers and ochre painted.
  70 cm
• Provenance:
  Collected by Todd Barlin in the Western Highlands 1987 Mount Hagen Show.
• References:
  See similar headdress in the book: Paradise, Portraying the New Guinea Highlands by Michael O'Hanlon for a British Museum Exhibition in 1993
• Notes:
  This type of headdress was unique to the Wahgi Valley clans.
• Estimate:
  A$500 - 700
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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