Twelve Solomon Islands shell pendants

BOUGAINVILLE, 19TH CENTURY

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Twelve Solomon Islands shell pendants
Bougainville, 19th century
Each carved from a section of clam or trochus shell, pierced at the centre and many with fretwork ornament about the edge, one with a blue glass bead and section of shell beads
1in. (2.6cm.) to 2½in. (6.2cm.) high (12)
Provenance
Rev. H. Voyce.
H.G. Beasley, no. 4070, acquired 22 May 1936.

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