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INDONESIA: Western New Guinea, stone "finger chopper" (229.87g), Choice VF

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Ethnographic Start Price:60.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 100.00 USD
INDONESIA: Western New Guinea, stone  finger chopper  (229.87g), Choice VF
SOLD
110.00USD+ (22.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 Sep 17 @ 16:34UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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INDONESIA: Western New Guinea, stone "finger chopper" (229.87g), Opitz (2011) p.227 (plate example), ca. 21 x 5cm, comprising a wedge-shaped stone with a curved and rather sharp edge, wrapped in a sleeve fortified with tree resin and decorated with a pair of conjoined boar tusks, considered a sacred tool by the native people, Choice VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Visit www.traditionalmoney.com for a downloadable copy of Odd & Curious and Traditional Money (Opitz, 2011).