THREE FEATHER ORNAMENTS

Estimated Value:

300 € - 500 €

Result:

259 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Melanesia, including Torres Strait Islands
B. 63 cm, 32 cm, 28 cm
Three ceremonial head ornaments consisting of casuar feathers (casuarius casuarius) attached to braided plant fibre bands. Below this is a headdress with flat fibre sleeves and tufts of feathers embedded in them. One of the artefacts with an old collection label: Völkerkundemusuem Giessen and collection number.
Important Bavarian private collection, collected before 2000, old inventory label: Museum für Völkerkunde, Gießen
Cf. The British Museum, collection number: OC1851,0103.11 Feather jewellery from the Torres Strait Islands. - Traces of age

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