Auction 104
Zemanek-Münster

Pearl-shell ornament "riji" or "jakoli"

Australia, Western Australia, Kimberley region
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,


Comparing literature

Akerman, Kim & John Stanton, Riji and Jakuli: Kimberley Pearl Shell in Aboriginal Australia, o.O. 1993, p. 30, plate 23 a

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