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Three Talipun bride price wealth objects, the talipun is highly…
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Sydney
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17-Aug-2015
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Three Talipun bride price wealth objects, the talipun is highly valued and used in ceremonial exchange as a bride price or as compensation for inter-clan or tribal warfare. The shell is the giant green snail or marbled turban shell (Turbo marmoratus). This is traded from the islands to the mainland where in itself it has currency. It is then attached to a finely woven mask. 33 cm, 43 cm, 29 cm (3)
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Tribal: New Guinean