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Century-Old Sapi Sapi Belt

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:600.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Century-Old Sapi Sapi Belt
SOLD
600.00USD+ (120.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 12 @ 11:12UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
Lot: 4108
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Title: Century-Old Sapi Sapi Belt
Description: An early 20th century kaipwesi belt (or sapi sapi) made of kaloma shell disks sewn to a woven vine backing from the Trobriand Islands, used as an offering in the Kula cycle. Ex Gibbs Collection. See Opitz, p. 170; this example illustrated on p. 169.
Low Estimate: 1200
High Estimate: 3500
Pedigree Collection: Howard Gibbs Collection, with his tag: "Sapi-Sapi - Red Shell Belt Money - V. Old and Exc. Rare. Trobiand Islands. See Field Museum . . . Have none so fine as this."