The following two lots were formerly in the Pitt Rivers Museum, Farnham, Dorset
EIGHT EASTERN PAPUA SHELL 'ARMLETS', for use in the kula exchange, each a section of conus shell, two suspending nut pendants, another suspending a strand of purple and white shell beads
Details
EIGHT EASTERN PAPUA SHELL 'ARMLETS', for use in the kula exchange, each a section of conus shell, two suspending nut pendants, another suspending a strand of purple and white shell beads
6cm. to 10cm. diam. (8)
6cm. to 10cm. diam. (8)
Provenance
Lt. Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers, one formerly in the Savage collection