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