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TROBRIAND ISLANDS AND SOLOMON ISLANDS
Details
Two shell ornaments
Trobriand Islands and Solomon Islands
The first a bracelet of conus shell decorated with carved rectangles and crosses, from Waropen Island, inscribed: Kibler. Waigeo; the Malaita tridacna shell oval engraved one side with three frigate birds, suspended on a necklace of shell beads and seven human teeth
7cm. diam. and 5.8cm. long (2)
Trobriand Islands and Solomon Islands
The first a bracelet of conus shell decorated with carved rectangles and crosses, from Waropen Island, inscribed: Kibler. Waigeo; the Malaita tridacna shell oval engraved one side with three frigate birds, suspended on a necklace of shell beads and seven human teeth
7cm. diam. and 5.8cm. long (2)
Provenance
Linden Museum, Stuttgart, for the first