Lot Essay
Cf. the material and construction of a necklace attributed to Samoa in the collection of the Linden Museum, Stuttgart (Heermann, I., and Menter, U., Schmuck der Sdsee, Munich, 1990, p.124, fig.69.2)
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Details
A fine Tahiti shell headband
Of small yellow snail shells, similar black shells and many tiny white volutes strung and woven into a dense circlet of circular cross-section, the black shells in nine clusters, the yellow shells in narrow bands, all on a white ground
25cm. diam.
Of small yellow snail shells, similar black shells and many tiny white volutes strung and woven into a dense circlet of circular cross-section, the black shells in nine clusters, the yellow shells in narrow bands, all on a white ground
25cm. diam.
Provenance
Dr. Kiyoshi Hosai, Honolulu
Exhibited
Ta'aroa, L'Univers polynesien, Brussels, 1982, p.185, no.145