A Micronesian shell headband
A Micronesian shell headband

FAU, ELLICE ISLANDS

细节
A Micronesian shell headband
fau, Ellice Islands
The pale coffee-coloured nautica shells pierced and bound in two rows to pandanus leaf strip by twisted fibre
21cm. diam.
出版
Biebuyck, D., and Van den Abbeele, N., The Power of Headdresses, Brussels, 1984, p.242, Pl.194

拍品专文

Biebuyck records that such headbands were worn by women, who were often buried with such ornaments