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Lot 227

A GROUP OF NEW GUINEA AND OTHER OBJECTS*
Various periods

Comprising two similar turtle shell hair combs decorated with cowrie shells, a koteka, a small sawfish bill, a shell necklace, and two unworked pieces of turtle shell
The koteka 33cm long, the saw fish bill 32.5cm long

Estimate $300 - $400

Sold for $150

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Limited viewing of specific lots identified by interested parties may be available by appointment, subject to demand. Please contact Chiara Curcio to discuss further.

In this auction condition reports will not be available for lots estimated below $500. Time permitting, we will endeavour to provide condition reports upon request for lots estimated above $500.


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The combs: Mossgreen Auctions, Fine Early Aboriginal and Oceanic Art, Sydney, 29 August 2010, lot 103


* CITES permit required for export; obtaining this is the obligation of the buyer; the grant of an export permit from relevant authorities is not guaranteed.

The Terence Lane Collection, Part I

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8814
11:00am - 3 May 2026
Hawthorn

VIEWING
Viewing in Carlton by appointment only. Lots 241 - 277 viewing in Hawthorn by appointment only. Bookings via decorativearts@leonardjoel.com.au

CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
decorativearts@leonardjoel.com.au


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