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Necklace

Melanesia

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Description

This necklace, made of human teeth strung on cotton fiber thread, is decorated with three brightly polished teeth or fangs.

Notice Artkhade

Creation datesd [circa 19-20e]
Physical descriptionLong. : 58 cm (22 7/8 in.)
Long. de la plus grande dent : 7,5 cm (3 in.) - Dents humaines, crocs de félins, coton.
Place of origin
Size58,00 cm
Reference14629000
Breton Auction, 2003Lot 6096
Keywords,
CategoriesMelanesian Art, Oceanian, Ppolynesian, Melanesian Art
Permanent linkhttps://www.andrebreton.fr/en/work/56600100484140
1 Comment
 

dents humaines ! cordialement, GB

gilles bounoure

08/07/2009