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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 #:
  262
• Lot Description:
  Two Old Incised Bamboo Containers, Aitinyo Area, Sorong District West Papua, [2]
  These are owned and used by women to save important wealth items such as Bird of Paradise Feathers & Ancient Woven Textiles.
  41 cm, 50 cm
• Provenance:
  Field collected by Todd Barlin in Fategomi Village in 1985. On left the owner was: Pauline Kambu on Right: Antonia Antoh.
• Notes:
  These textiles were traded from The Sultan of Tidore and Timorese traders, who regularly came to this part of the Island of New Guinea to buy Bird of Paradise feathers.
• Estimate:
  A$400 - 600
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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