Charming Mari, Urama Island, Gulf of Papua. Papua... Lot 53

Charming Mari, Urama Island, Gulf of Papua. Papua New Guinea Dwarf coconut, lime. Vegetable fiber bag Height: 10 cm (charm) Provenance: - Collected by Thomas Schultze Westrum in 1966 - The Jolika collection of Marcia & John Friede. Rye, New-York Collected in the village of Aibigahe on the island of Urama on April 26, 1966 by T.S. Westrum (G442), who notes that in this region this charm is called Mari. The name Marupai is only used in the Purari delta delta and among the Elema. This incised nut has the particularity of retaining its braided bag, called an okaoka, from which only the Mari's "mouth" protrudes.