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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: turbo shell (658g), VF

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Ethnographic Start Price:60.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 100.00 USD
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: turbo shell (658g), VF
SOLD
65.00USD+ (13.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 Sep 17 @ 16:45UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA: turbo shell (658g), Opitz p.359, Opitz (2011) p.172, ca. 17.5 x 11.5 x 12.5cm, made of a large segment of the green turban snail shell, painted with red ochre and attached with a woven ring decorated with cassowary feathers, a nice example with a pleasing spiral shape, used by the Chambri and Tsembaya people as money and bride price, VF, ex Charles Opitz Collection. Acquired by the consignor on the Sepik River in 1973.Visit www.traditionalmoney.com for a downloadable copy of Odd & Curious and Traditional Money (Opitz, 2011).