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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: shell "boar" tusk, EF

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Ethnographic Start Price:60.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 100.00 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: shell  boar  tusk, EF
SOLD
110.00USD+ (22.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 Sep 17 @ 16:43UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: shell "boar" tusk, Opitz (2011) p.130 (plate example), 110mm in diameter, made from a giant tridacna shell in the shape of a full-circle tusk by villages along the Rai Coast in Madang Province, traditionally used for bride price and barter payments, EF, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Visit www.traditionalmoney.com for a downloadable copy of Odd & Curious and Traditional Money (Opitz, 2011).