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MORTLOCK ISLAND
Details
A fine Caroline Islands shell girdle
Mortlock Island
Composed of three rows of white Nassarius shells pierced and bound to pithy strands by twisted fibre, plaited coconut fibre ties
75cm. long
Mortlock Island
Composed of three rows of white Nassarius shells pierced and bound to pithy strands by twisted fibre, plaited coconut fibre ties
75cm. long
Provenance
Governor Thiel, Linden Museum, Stuttgart, no.49267