Papua Guinea Boiken Tribe Dog Teeth Brides Currency
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:4490 | Color: White |
| Original/Reproduction: Original | Material: Teeth |
This is an amazing and fabulous Old Dog Teeth Necklace from the Boiken people fromPrince Alexander Mountains, Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. This impressive necklace is laden with Dog Teeth, individually pierced and assembled using traditional weaving techniques. The Abelam and Arapesh, Boiken and Madandg people use dog teeth for currency when paying for brides, compensation and land payments and buying pigs. It would have been an important object of personal adornment communicating... wealth and status. This necklace is worn by both men and women in dance and ritual. Dog teeth were so valuable that during the colonial period the Germans manufactured porcelain dog teeth in Europe and imported them to New Guinea before WW1 for bartering. This Papua new Guinea Dog Teeth Woven Necklace is a beautiful piece of personal adornment and would be unique in your home or collection.
COMES ON STAND
On stand 10" tall
Necklace
8" long
8 1/2" wide
Collected in the field, shows age and wear with some unraveling of fiber.
AT BACARA WE STAND BEHIND ALL OF OUR MERCHANDISE. WE CAN PROVIDE REFERENCES FOR ALL ARTIFACTS THAT WE SELL, AS WELL AS DOCUMENTATION TOWARD THEIR AUTHENTICITY. FULL MONEY BACK GUARANTEE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS. YOUR SATISFACTION IS OUR MAIN GOAL, AND WE THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING AT THE WORLD OF BACARA.
COMES ON STAND
On stand 10" tall
Necklace
8" long
8 1/2" wide
Collected in the field, shows age and wear with some unraveling of fiber.
AT BACARA WE STAND BEHIND ALL OF OUR MERCHANDISE. WE CAN PROVIDE REFERENCES FOR ALL ARTIFACTS THAT WE SELL, AS WELL AS DOCUMENTATION TOWARD THEIR AUTHENTICITY. FULL MONEY BACK GUARANTEE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR DISSATISFIED CUSTOMERS. YOUR SATISFACTION IS OUR MAIN GOAL, AND WE THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING AT THE WORLD OF BACARA.
