Z14 Rare Chest Armour Cuirass New Guinea
$2,500.00
Item # .Z14
Description .Extremely Rare Chest Armour composed of shells incorporated into a hard woven Bark backing with a solid cane edging with weave around same. The frame has some bush vine attachments in two places which would have enabled the item to hang around the neck and over the chest. Some shells missing and there is an evident arrow hole in one place along edging. I have not seen anything similar even in museums. A very rare piece I bought from a Jesuit missionary who collected it immediately after WW2 in the late 1940’s.
Size .48cm * 38cm (19″ * 15″)
Price USD$2,500
