Zemanek-Münster

Pearl-shell ornament "riji" or "jakoli" ·  Australia, Western Australia, Kimberley region · ID: 3047863

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.


The object Pearl-shell ornament “riji” or “jakoli” with the object ID 3047863 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 62 achieved a sales 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 b


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