Lot Essay
Several similar examples collected by Captain Cook and others in the Pacific in the late 18th century are illustrated by Kaeppler (1978, pp. 209-210, figs. 420-425).
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A TONGAN NECKLACE
With alternating cylinders of turtle shell and bird bone strung on cotton string and coconut fiber, two shell pendants, xxin. (xxcm.) long
With alternating cylinders of turtle shell and bird bone strung on cotton string and coconut fiber, two shell pendants, xxin. (xxcm.) long