Rare Ramu Kore Hand carved Hunting Charm Shaman Mask

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Check my “Me” page on ebay (next to the star with my number of transactions) for valuable information about all we carry besides what is currently listed since we do not have time to list everything at once and will add these other items as time permits. If you have any questions, contact us at . When shipping internationally, we group ship multiple purchases to save you money, and find the best rates which ebay often fails to calculate right. All our handcrafted or rare collector items come with pages and pages of research, about provenance, with history of the tribes and photos as well, depending on item and whenever possible. Ramu, Kore, Hand carved Hunting Charm Amulet Talisman Mask, collected 15 years ago but much older.. These are rare traditional figural pieces from the region of the remote Ramu river, Madang Province , Papua New Guinea collected on the premises on one of our trips and made from hand carved local wood. The Kore is a protective spirit. These small artifacts, as we mentioned above, were often carried by men in their bilums or canoes, as charms or amulets during a hunting or fishing expedition, or kept in the house for good luck, or worn as a pectoral ornament. Such a relic is thought to provide good fortune on the hunt as elsewhere, and is sometimes worn around the neck, and in this case, the wood has a handcarved read more

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