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GERMAN NEW GUINEA: porcelain dog teeth necklace, Choice VF

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Ethnographic Start Price:85.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
GERMAN NEW GUINEA: porcelain dog teeth necklace, Choice VF
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160.00USD+ (32.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 Sep 16 @ 19:28UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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GERMAN NEW GUINEA: porcelain dog teeth necklace, Opitz (2011) p.204 (plate example), ca. 44.5cm in circumference, comprising 63 porcelain dog teeth and numerous nassa shells and glass beads on a woven vine necklace, made by the Germans for trading with the native peoples of New Guinea and surrounding islands, Choice VF, R, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Visit www.traditionalmoney.com for a downloadable copy of Odd & Curious and Traditional Money (Opitz, 2011).