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Details
A fine samoa shell headband
Composed of twelve small nautilus pompilius shells pierced and placed on small sticks above fourteen sections of larger shells on cloth and fibre strand, with old label: Very choice Head Dress for Samoan Lady Made of Nautilus Shells. Rev. H. Gee
Shell panel 24cm. long
Composed of twelve small nautilus pompilius shells pierced and placed on small sticks above fourteen sections of larger shells on cloth and fibre strand, with old label: Very choice Head Dress for Samoan Lady Made of Nautilus Shells. Rev. H. Gee
Shell panel 24cm. long
Provenance
Rev. Henry Gee, in Samoa until 1864