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Auction House:
Auction Location:
Auckland
Date:
17-Oct-2022
Lot No.
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Description:
A Kapkap breastplate, Santa Cruz Solomon Islands, Kapkaps were often worn by high status individuals due to its precious materality. A polished clam shell disc. With incised detailing and black pigment around the edges of the disc. With a central overlay in tortoise shell of a stylised frigate bird below depictions of four fish. Lashed together with plant fibre cord with shell toggle. Length 41.5 cm, depth 9.1 cm
Estimate:
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Price:
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Category:
Tribal: S/E Asia, Oceania & Pacific