Pearl-shell ornament "riji" or "jakoli" · Australia, Western Australia, Kimberley region · ID: 3047862
sold
EUR 1,400
Provenance
German Collection (1950s)Size
H: 17 cm
B: 13 cm
H: 6.7 inch
B: 5.1 inch
Description
shell (mostly “gold lip” - Pinctada maxima), red ochre, human hair,
The object Pearl-shell ornament “riji” or “jakoli” with the object ID 3047862 was part of the auction 96th Auction on April 24, 2021. The object with the lot number 61 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400 with an asking price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Akerman, Kim & John Stanton, Riji and Jakuli: Kimberley Pearl Shell in Aboriginal Australia, o.O. 1993, p. 30, plate 23 a