"Talipun Currency, Tribal Art, Oceanic Art, Papua New Guinea, Oceania"
Rare traditional Papuan currency called "Talipun" collected in Papua New Guinea. The population of the village of Yangoru makes masks or very stylized figures in basketwork and fixes them to the shells of the giant marine snail "Turbo marmoratus" that they obtain from the tribes of the coast. The finished object is then kept by the Yangoru who use it or trade it with the Iatmul, who use these strange and composite works of art as a dowry. Lack of use. Approx. 33 x 21 x 17 cm / 1200€ including shipping. 
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