Papua New Guinea Fiber Chest Adornment Sepik Tribe

Description

This is a fabulous ceremonial Teeth Pectoral Chest Adornment.
This impressive woven headdress with is individually pierced and assembled using traditional weaving techniques. The Abelam and Arapesh, Boiken and Madandg people use these necklaces for currency when paying for brides, compensation and land payments and buying pigs. It would have been an important object of personal adornment communicating wealth and status. This Papua new Guinea Woven strip is a beautiful piece of personal adornment and would be unique in your home or collection.
COMES ON STAND
14" tall
10 1/4" wide at top
2" wide at bottom
3 3/4" wide at very bottom with shells
Cord 12" long
Collected in the field, shows some age and is missing some Nassa shells
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