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Convolute ear jewellery, Solomon Islands, Size: L: 6 cm - 9,5 cm (L: 2.4 inch - 3.7 inch), ID: 3048004
Convolute ear jewellery, Solomon Islands, Size: L: 6 cm - 9,5 cm (L: 2.4 inch - 3.7 inch), ID: 3048004 - 2/4 Convolute ear jewellery, Solomon Islands, Size: L: 6 cm - 9,5 cm (L: 2.4 inch - 3.7 inch), ID: 3048004 - 3/4 Convolute ear jewellery, Solomon Islands, Size: L: 6 cm - 9,5 cm (L: 2.4 inch - 3.7 inch), ID: 3048004 - 4/4
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Lot 50
96th Auction

Convolute ear jewellery ·  Solomon Islands · ID: 3048004

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

Oceania

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