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