Sumba Island, Indonesia, late 19th/early 20th... Lot 28
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Sumba Island, Indonesia, late 19th/early 20th century
Men's frontal ornament (part of a headdress) in cut and punched brass, with rich symbolic decoration (bird, officiants around an altar, etc.).
L. 25 cm
Minor oxidation.
Comparative bibliography :
Anne van Cutsem, "Parure de tête ethniques, d'Afrique, d'Asie, d'Océanie et d'Amérique dela collection Ghysels", Skira, 2005, p. 217.
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