a fine solomon islands shell head band

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a fine solomon islands shell head band
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The Tridacna-shell disc with attached turtle-shell panel pierced with eight-lobed star within two concentric bands and outer notched border, central cluster of pink, white and black shell beads, on wide band of finely-plaited red-dyed fibre
10cm. diam

Lot Essay

Cf. Edge-Partington, J., An Album of the Weapons, Tools, Ornaments, Articles of Dress Etc., of the Natives of the Pacific Islands, 1890, p.199, fig.2, for another attributed to Malaita. According to the author such ornaments are found in all the western islands of the group.

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