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RARE PAPUA NEW GUINEA CUIRASS

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 USD
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...
Dani People, of characteristic form. The core formed from the inner bark of a tree, and tightly knotted over in continuous figure-eight technique with orchid vine, which also contributes the yellow and brown tones of the upper section. Connecting at the shoulders by means of cords, the obverse with applied feather and cloth talisman. With good patina overall. From a Dutch collection formed in the 1960s. Late 19th-early 20th century. Overall height 50 cm. MANNEQUIN NOT INCLUDED
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