Old Asmat Papua New Guinea Indonesia chest ornament / necklace boar tusks shells

Male chest ornament of the Asmat People. From Papua / Irian Jaya, New Guinea, Indonesia. Boar / pig / swine teeth / tusks. Plated brown rope and/or fiber with more yellow ratan decoration woven into it.

12 cowry / cowrie shells - Cypraeidae. Length in hanging down position: circa 50cm / 20 inch. Some Dutch terms: Asmat halsketting, halssieraad, borstsieraad, tanden varken zwijn, gevlochten touw met plantenvezel, schelpen, huid, haar. We are: delta 98 den haag. The Hague, The Netherlands, EU. Chambers of Commerce The Hague. Kamer van Koophandel Haaglanden, file: 27133335. The item "Old Asmat Papua New Guinea Indonesia chest ornament / necklace boar tusks shells" is in sale since Sunday, February 3, 2019.

This item is in the category "Antiques\Ethnographic\Pacific Islands & Oceania". The seller is "delta98denhaag" and is located in 's-Gravenhage.

This item can be shipped worldwide.

Maker: Asmat
Material: teeth, shells, fiber
Original/Reproduction: Original
Country: Indonesia
Length: 50 cm / 20 inch