Details
Twelve New Guinea shell ornaments
Nine earrings of large thin circular turtleshell sections; a turtleshell bracelet with zigzag bands, Massim area; a broad tridacna shell bracelet; and a narrow conus shell section with finely carved geometric ornament
7.2cm. to 10cm. diam. (12)
Nine earrings of large thin circular turtleshell sections; a turtleshell bracelet with zigzag bands, Massim area; a broad tridacna shell bracelet; and a narrow conus shell section with finely carved geometric ornament
7.2cm. to 10cm. diam. (12)
Provenance
A Speyer, Wiesbaden, for one turtleshell earring (number 5744)