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INDONESIA: Western New Guinea, yerak band, VF-EF

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Ethnographic Start Price:60.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 100.00 USD
INDONESIA: Western New Guinea, yerak band, VF-EF
SOLD
65.00USD+ (13.00) 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, yerak band, Opitz p.382 (plate example), comprising 88 cowry shells on a 100 x 2.5cm woven band with pieces of fur on both ends, used as funerary gifts and a form of currency by the Dani people of the central highlands of Western New Guinea, VF-EF, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Visit www.traditionalmoney.com for a downloadable copy of Odd & Curious and Traditional Money (Opitz, 2011).