A Rare Massim Carved Dwarf Coconut Container & Red Shell Money Discs, 19th Century; together with a fine old Lime Container, [2]

Lot #258 - A Rare Massim Carved Dwarf Coconut Container & Red Shell Money Discs, 19th Century; together with a fine old Lime Container, [2]

Auction House:

Theodore Bruce
Sale Name:

The Todd Barlin Collection of Fine Oceanic & Asian Arts
Sale Date:

08 May 2016 ~ 12noon
Lot #:

258
Lot Description:

A Rare Massim Carved Dwarf Coconut Container & Red Shell Money Discs, 19th Century; together with a fine old Lime Container, [2]
this is a rare type of Women's Object that was used for storing important pieces of shell money ndap. For other published examples see: Oceanic Art by Anthony Meyer, p. 408 for an undecorated one and in Oceanic & Indonesian Art" p. 62, by The Oceanic Art Society in 1998; together with a fine old Lime Container made from a dwarf coconut finely incised with an animal face and designs, the woven stopper with pigs tooth decoration, old patina. Both on custom made stands
Coconut 9 cm
Provenance:

Todd Barlin Collection.
Estimate:

A$600 - 800
Realised Price:

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Category:

Tribal

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