.jpg?w=1)
MICRONESIA AND MELANESIA
Details
Four shell necklaces
Micronesia and Melanesia
A Gilbert Islands necklace of shell discs on finely-twisted coconut fibre; a New Guinea necklace of white shell discs strung at intervals with red and blue beads, from the Herkules river; a strand of small transluscent white shells, probably Hawaii; and a necklace of white shell and coconut beads strung on twisted fibre, perhaps Yap, the first three with old labels (4)
Micronesia and Melanesia
A Gilbert Islands necklace of shell discs on finely-twisted coconut fibre; a New Guinea necklace of white shell discs strung at intervals with red and blue beads, from the Herkules river; a strand of small transluscent white shells, probably Hawaii; and a necklace of white shell and coconut beads strung on twisted fibre, perhaps Yap, the first three with old labels (4)
Provenance
Dr. Irmer, for the first, B. Mencke, for the second, and Dr. A. Krämer, 1898, collected by Th. Sprösser for the third, all three from the the Linden Museum, Stuttgart