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MICRONESIA AND NEW GUINEA
Details
Eight shell ornaments
Micronesia and New Guinea
A pearl-shell pendant of crescent form; a spondylus and turtleshell earring from Maipua; another with two beads; another with five beads; another with five beads and two tassels of red glass beads; a tridacna shell disc of spoked form; a turtleshell bracelet; and another with hair tuft and nassa shells attached by pink-dyed rattan
2cm. to 12cm. long (8)
Micronesia and New Guinea
A pearl-shell pendant of crescent form; a spondylus and turtleshell earring from Maipua; another with two beads; another with five beads; another with five beads and two tassels of red glass beads; a tridacna shell disc of spoked form; a turtleshell bracelet; and another with hair tuft and nassa shells attached by pink-dyed rattan
2cm. to 12cm. long (8)
Provenance
Lt. Gen. A.H. L.-F. Pitt Rivers, Farnham, Dorset, for the first two items, the first acquired from E. Savage, the second from E.Cutter in 1897