LUMI REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Important Aboriginal Works of Art
Melbourne
25 May 2016
114

A WATU CHEST ORNAMENT

LUMI REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

nassa shell and natural fibres

74.0 cm length

Estimate: 
$2,000 – 3,000
Provenance

Private collection, New South Wales, acquired during a visit to the Chimbu province, Papua New Guinea in 1968