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Belt, Vegetal Fiber, Yellow and Red Geometric

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Start price: $20

Estimated price: $100 - $150

Buyer's premium: 28%

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

Belt, vegetal fiber, yellow and red geometric design. Ripped in places.

Field Museum in Chicago has similar belts, for example No. 134452 collected by the Joseph N. Field South Pacific Expedition to the Fiji Islands 1909-1913 at Manus Island (Lambuzo). Manus Island was a trade destination for the Murik.

Country: Papua New Guinea

Date: 1936 or earlier

Material: vegetal fiber

Dimensions: L 41" x W 2"

Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection

Similar item:

Field Museum of Chicago, No. 134452

https://collections-anthropology.fieldmuseum.org/catalogue/1035993

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