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Catalogusnummer: 5185
Papua, Marind Anim, two rare mourner's hoods, kobbu,
for a woman. Consisting of braided plant fibre in various colours. Ref.: Brunt & Thomas (2018) Oceania, p. 270 and 309 for an identical hood, acquired in the same period as the present item. (RV 1718-12)
L. ca. 165 cm.
Provenance: Collection W.G. Venhuis and his wife, Mrs. A. Venhuis-Mulder. Collected when they were stationed in Merauke between sept 1930 - end of 1933. W.G. Venhuis was a doctor doing research into malaria. From late 1933 they were back in Bali.
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