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BURMA Burmese bronze tattoo needle counterweight, late 19th …
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32
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BURMA Burmese bronze tattoo needle counterweight, late 19th …
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Estimate
€120 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
BURMA
Burmese bronze tattoo needle counterweight, late 19th century, depicting a Nat deity whose body is covered at 360° by 7 moving monkeys, some of them obscene, hands (other monkeys?) coming from inside holding the monkeys, they represent the human character of the Nat divinity, with its human needs and even its taboo desires, the device is in 3 parts, with its needle and its metal support (copper alloy), length of the counterweight 22.5 cm (weight), total length of the assembled device 48 cm)
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About the sale
INAUGURAL SALE - IN THE EYE OF MINERVE #1: SELECTED WORKS
Auction location
Auction time
06/06/2026 at 2:00 PM
Pictures credits:
Minerve Auctions
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