Pair of ear ornaments · Solomon Islands, Makira (San Cristóbal) · ID: 3049509
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
Abe and Paula Rossman, New York, USASize
L: 14 cm / 15 cm
L: 5.5 inch / 5.9 inch
Description
canarium nut shell, overmodeled with black clay-like mass and decorated with nautilus shell inlays, four strings each with applied shell discs and (human) teeth at the ends (one missing), clasps for attachment (horn)
The object Pair of ear ornaments with the object ID 3049509 was last part of the auction 99th Auction at November 12, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 195 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.
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Comparing literature
Roger Neich & Fuli Pereira, Pacific Jewelry and Adornment, o.O. 2004, p. 109