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4 pieces of Sepik jewelry, Papua New Guinea: 1...

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4 pieces of Sepik jewelry, Papua New Guinea: 1 breast ornament cut from the shell of the cymbium snail, with a roll of cord and small cowries as decoration and a suspension of fiber cord, w 11.5 cm; 1 necklace of cord with small cowries artfully interwoven in a zigzag pattern and ending with 2 larger shell discs, l approx. 63 cm; and 2 necklaces made of cord with interwoven small shell discs, l 40 and 70 cm, from an old private collection, collection period between 1950 and 1970.4428-101