Marind-Anim culture, Asmat, southeast Irian Jaya - Lot 143

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Marind-Anim culture, Asmat, southeast Irian Jaya - Lot 143
Marind-Anim culture, Asmat, southeast Irian Jaya Marind-Amin necklace Dog teeth and plant fibers. L: 63 cm (unfolded) (composition with six human teeth in the center) Bibliography: On the history of these necklaces, later replaced identically, at the request of priests and pastors, by porcelain tooth necklaces imported from Central Europe, cf. M. Stingl, Kunst der Südsee, Leipzig 1985, page 72. See also Holmes Museum of Anthropology. Cf. also Anthony JP Meyer, Oceanic Art, Konemann 1995 (photo and comments pp. 89-92.
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