Lot Essay
Cf. Heermann, I., and Menter, U., Schmuck der Sdsee, Munich, 1990, p.82, fig.28, for a group in the Linden Museum, Stuttgart
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BOUGAINVILLE
Details
Five solomon islands shell ornaments
Bougainville
Four of Conus shell, two carved as nose ornaments, two as pendants, one suspended from two long strands of finely-plaited red-dyed fibre, the fifth of turtle-shell pierced as a cross with scroll finials within a circle
3cm. to 5.5cm. long (5)
Bougainville
Four of Conus shell, two carved as nose ornaments, two as pendants, one suspended from two long strands of finely-plaited red-dyed fibre, the fifth of turtle-shell pierced as a cross with scroll finials within a circle
3cm. to 5.5cm. long (5)
Provenance
H.G. Beasley, purchased 1935/36, one from the Rev. W.P. Rodin