Specifications

• Height: 24 cm.
• Material: silver
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• Gender:
• Indigenous name:
• Price realised: HK$ 5.100,- (€ 612,-)

Provenance

Bonham’s, Hong Kong, 11-10-2019, lot 1208

Publications

Ref.: Rodgers, Susan (1985), Power and Gold, p. 199

Exhibitions

Additional information

A festive headdress, with Dutch silver coins. Above the upstanding leaves a human half-figure in what looks like a boat is visible. They belong to the trade goods, exchange in alliances and were most probably manufactured by traveling silver smiths (a.o Ndao).

Photo credits

Bonham’s, HK