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Lot #250 - A Ceremonial Headdress, Wahgi Valley, Western Highlands Province

  • Auction House:
    Theodore Bruce
  • Sale Name:
    The Todd Barlin Collection of Fine Oceanic & Asian Arts
  • Sale Date:
    08 May 2016 ~ 12noon
  • Lot #:
    250
  • 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.
    71 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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