Author Topic: on Ebay Carved skull from Borneo  (Read 15505 times)

Offline AlaskaGrl

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on Ebay Carved skull from Borneo
« on: June 15, 2005, 01:06:44 am »

Item in question.  

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=86941&item=6538439860&rd=1

Text reads:

""In the late 80's i was on photo assignment traveling up the Mahakam river heading to the Sepic(sp) river to document the Dayak head hunters..in Borneo  and found this and bought from a villager,   a carved skull..aprox 10" tall...3 coins in the earrings on each side have the date of 1945   and 1G  one Guinea ..?  worn old glass beads and spot of turquise.... ""



hmmm and I don't see any mention of appropiate paperwork for bringing such item into the US.  It is amazing how much goes through.

Linda