FANTASTIC RAMU DOGTOOTH ARMBAND W/ FACE

Origin: New Guinea, East Sepik Province, Lower Sepik, Ramu    Provenance: Ex. Linden Museum Stuttgart.  Collected by Dr. Augustin Kramer in Dallmanhafen (German Neu Guinea) in early 1920's.  Kramer was a 19th German ethnologist, author, field collector and expert on Polynesian and Samoan culture in particular.  He live and studied in Samoa and authored a number of books.

Period/Date: Circa early 1920's or before

Materials:  rattan, nassa shell, dogteeth, porcelain, trade beads, bush string, ocher pigments

Description:  This fantastic quality man's armlet features a stylized face (possibly a mudfish) with applied trade beads.  Fourteen of the seventeen dogteeth are porcelain from the early German colonial period.  It retains an old hand printed tag from the Linden Museum.  In fine condition expect for some broken strands of rattan on the top rim.  Presented on a custom metal stand. 

A related example can be seen on page 101 figure 147 of Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment.

Dimensions:   Overall Height 6.5"  (16 cm), Width 6"  (15 cm)

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A related example can be seen on page 101 figure 147 of Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment.