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CR19_2_EBONY FISHING SHUTTLE TROBRIAND ISLANDS

 

BEAUTIFULLY MADE NETTING SHUTTLE FROM THE TROBRIANDS USED TO MAKE AND REPAIR FISHING NETS. MISSIONARY COLLECTED IN 1951. LENGTH IS 40 cm.

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POSTAGE: POSTAGE BASED ON EBAY AND AUSTRALIA POST RATES.  I WILL COMBINE POSTAGE WHERE PRACTICAL.

INFORMATION: THESE ARE OCEANIC ARTEFACTS THAT I COLLECTED FROM 1966 TILL 1997 AND I AM NOW DISPOSING OF MOST OF MY COLLECTION. THE  ITEMS WERE FIELD COLLECTED OR BOUGHT FROM EX-PATS RETURNING TO AUSTRALIA AFTER PNG INDEPENDENCE IN 1975. ITEMS ARE AT LEAST 50 YEARS OLD & MOST A LOT OLDER. ON MY WEBSITE ArtifactCollector THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF ITEMS INCLUDING MUSEUM QUALITY PIECES WITH MORE BEING ADDED.

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