Zemanek-Münster

Pearl-shell ornament "riji" or "jakoli"

Australia, Western Australia, Kimberley region
sold EUR 600
Provenance
German Collection (1950s)
Size
H: 17,5 cm
B: 11,5 cm
H: 6.9 inch
B: 4.5 inch

Description

shell (mostly “gold lip” - Pinctada maxima), red ochre, human hair, crack, rest.


Comparing literature

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

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