Papua New Guinea ornament Mount Hagen Highlands ("Bilas"). Ornament fashioned from natural fibers and shells. Possibly item worn on chest. Also traditionally may have been used as "bride-price". This is a lovely item for the collector of true PNG art/ culture. This item completely free of snail and/ or raw bark. International buyers please check however, with local Agricultural border regulations. Send to North Americas, EU and UK. Age of the item would be an estimate only; to the eye and IMHO this artifact has no traces of hessian, cotton or anything from Westernized contact. This item is in the category "Antiques\Ethnographic\Pacific Islands & Oceania".
The seller is "pupeski" and is located in this country: AU. This item can be shipped worldwide.