Zemanek-Münster

Convolute ear jewellery

Solomon Islands
sold EUR 800
Provenance
Ben Hirsch, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Size
L: 6 cm - 9,5 cm
L: 2.4 inch - 3.7 inch

Description

6 pairs, various shells, porpoise teeth, wood, imported glass beads, fibres, orchid bast, two pairs of ear ornament, San Christobal, canarium nutshell with with nautilus shell inlay; four pairs mounted on base


Comparing literature

Roger Neich & Fuli Pereira, Pacific Jewelry and Adornment, o.O. 2004, p. 109

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