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Woven Dog Tooth Body Ornament

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Start price: $1,000

Estimated price: $2,000 - $3,000

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Intricately, tightly woven dog tooth and shell body ornament.

Similar item gifted by Louis Pierre Ledoux in 1936 to the American Museum of Natural History – Division of Anthropology (80/8983)

Locale: Lower Sepik River
Country: Papua New Guinea
Date: 1936 or earlier
Material: Fiber, dogs teeth
Dimensions: H 9" x W 6"
Technique: Woven

Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection

Similar item:
American Museum of Natural History – Division of Anthropology 80/8983
https://anthro.amnh.org/anthropology/databases/common/image_dup.cfm?catno=80%2E0%2F%208983