Old Tribal Dagger Hunting Holder Armband Nassa Shells Fibers Sepik Papua Guinea

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Old Tribal Dagger Hunting Holder Armband Nassa Shells Fibers Sepik Papua Guinea:
$169.99

Tribal Traditional hunting dagger-knifeholder, arm band, worn on upper arm while hunting with dagger squeezedin.

Decorated with lots of nassa shells andseed beads sewn and woven into a knitted body of handmade grass-fiber: Veryunique.

All Handmade with materials from thepremises.

Papua New Guinea Collectable

Woman seen wearing a similar armband in avillage we visited, onthe secondpicture.

Youare buying the entirely handcrafted Tribal dagger band from Papua New Guinea,once used by a hunter and seen on the pictures here. Item was collected 15years ago. It is an authentic piece obtained from a tribe from PNG.

Thetribes or Irian Jaya, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea have lived in isolationfor centuries due to the remoteness of their land and its difficult access.Their dress code has remained primitive for centuries. Traditionally, the menwear no other clothing apart from a penis sheath made of a cultivated gourd andknown locally as a “horim” and some simple ornamentation such as string hairnets, bird of paradise feathers and necklaces with boar tusks or cowrie shellsor other. On ceremonial days, it is another matter, they then use material fromthe surrounding jungles to create incredibly colorful and clever bodyadornments and costumes, as seen on the photos here as well.

Wecarry many other artifacts we collect direct from the tribes, in East and WestPapua and the Trobriands and remote islands of Indonesia

We are closing our doors so everything hasbeen reduced!

Check Dominique Rice Oceania Store in SunSentinel Newspaper, Fort Lauderdale, for information on our collection andauthentic art.

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All our collector and rareitems come with pages and pages of research about provenance, and with historyof the tribes and photos as well, depending on item and whenever possible. Whenshipping internationally, we group ship multiple purchases to save you money,and find the best rates which often fails to calculate right. If you have anyquestions or want to see research conducted on this piece and photos of tribes,email or call us.

We have artifacts and architectural accentsup to 10 ft tall that we will put on upon request because shipping has to becalculated accordingly with trucking company.