Zemanek-Münster

Pair of ear ornaments ·  Solomon Islands, Makira (San Cristóbal) · ID: 3049509

sold EUR 1,000
Provenance
Abe and Paula Rossman, New York, USA
Size
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


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