Lot Essay
The number of sticks on these Mount Hagen pendants indicates the number of shells owned by the wearer and thus demonstrates his wealth
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six new guinea ornaments
A necklace of bone beads and black seeds suspending three teeth; a necklace of twisted fibre strung at intervals with clusters of nassa shells; two necklaces of multiple strands of Job's tears; a necklace of large black seeds with shell pendant; and a Mount Hagen pectoral ornament of horizontal wood sticks on fibre cord (6)
A necklace of bone beads and black seeds suspending three teeth; a necklace of twisted fibre strung at intervals with clusters of nassa shells; two necklaces of multiple strands of Job's tears; a necklace of large black seeds with shell pendant; and a Mount Hagen pectoral ornament of horizontal wood sticks on fibre cord (6)