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Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
May 12, 2021 10:00 AMCalender
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Ten Timor-Leste Silver Pectoral Discs, Mas Bulan

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$1,000$800
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 3640BLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 12, 2021 10:00AM

Description:

Ten Timor-Leste Silver Pectoral Discs, Mas Bulan, Atoni, East Timor, early 20th century, hammered and embossed pectoral discs in silver alloy, four adorned with a crescent moon kae bauk, four with filigree dome protrusions culminating in a granule, and three with embossed star motifs, dia. 6, 5 5/8, 5 5/8, 5 1/2, 5 1/4, 5 1/8, 5 1/8, 5 1/8, 5, and 4 3/4 in.

Provenance: Collected in-situ in the early 1980s; Private collection, San Francisco, California.
Estimate $800-1,200


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