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A box of wealth items, Dani people, Baliem Valley, West Papua,…
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Sydney
Date:
8-May-2016
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A box of wealth items, Dani people, Baliem Valley, West Papua, [14], consisting of nine large woven bush fibre nets called 'su', these are a traditional form of wealth, made exclusively for one purpose - to display scared Je stones (see attached field photo), together with two fine Cowrie shells and Orchid stem Fibre woven wealth Belts 'Jetalic', together with a fine old Dani warrior's Bailer shell necklace, together with two finely woven & braided Orchid stem Fibre Married Women's Skirts. Provenance: all of these were field collected by Todd Barlin in 1985-1986. See associated field photographs. 200 cm to 250 cm, 250 cm to 270 cm, 66 cm, 47 cm
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Unclassified