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A RARE PAPUA NEW GUINEA CUIRASS

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 USD
A RARE PAPUA NEW GUINEA CUIRASS
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
West Sepik, of characteristic form. Tightly woven of thick rattan and gusseted beneath the arms to allow flexibility in battle, with integral woven shoulder straps. Higher back to protect the wearer from projectiles. With good, deep patina. From a Dutch collection formed in the 1960s. Late 19th-early 20th century. Overall height 55 cm. MANNEQUIN NOT INCLUDED
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