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A Moka Kina Chest Plate, Southern Highlands

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A Moka Kina Chest Plate, Southern Highlands

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Description

A Moka Kina chest plate, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea. The plate made of resin with a crescentic, yellow-lipped clam shell (kina) set in the center with thin cane sticks above. The whole pigmented red meaning that it had been recently utilized in a Moka display.Moka Kina breastplates are used in bride price and after the formal Moka ceremony where they are prepared and repainted, they are worn by the bride to be â€“ often many of them. The heavy red pigmentation indicates that this example was used in Moka shortly before it was collected. Acquired by Marc Seidler in the Highlands c. 1981. Measures 16.25 x 13.5 inches.

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Good/Fair Fragile. Delicate condition

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A Moka Kina Chest Plate, Southern Highlands

Name: A Moka Kina Chest Plate, Southern Highlands
SKU: 154578103
Price: 380 USD
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