Talipoon Bride Price #CVW

Talipoon Bride Price #CVW

$1,600.00
  • Yangoru Boiken Peoples, Papua New Guinea

  • Early/Mid 20th C.

  • Green Turban Shell, Cane, Pigment

  • Dimensions: 14 x 7 x 6 in. / 36 x 18 x 15 cm

  • Height on custom display stand 19 in. / 48.25 cm

  • Ex. Michael Hamson

Talipoons are used to help secure a wife for young Boiken males. Located in the Prince Alexander Mountains, the Boiken culture is known for, among other classic imagery, their complex and other worldly basketry masks. As unusual as these images are in our culture, they are friendly and curious, running the gamut from playful to wildly imaginative. Losses and repairs.

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