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.77, fig.4, for a similar ornament from Upolo.
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Details
a rare Samoa shell pendant
Composed of two pieces of Conus shell, the circular end pierced at the centre to secure the triangular part with fibre, with old label
12cm. long
Composed of two pieces of Conus shell, the circular end pierced at the centre to secure the triangular part with fibre, with old label
12cm. long