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Shell ring "erenge" or "bakiha", Solomon Islands, Rubiana Lagoon, Size: D: 12,5 cm (outside)/7,4 cm (central opening) (D: 4.9 inch (outside)/2.9 inch (central opening)), ID: 3043542
Shell ring "erenge" or "bakiha", Solomon Islands, Rubiana Lagoon, Size: D: 12,5 cm (outside)/7,4 cm (central opening) (D: 4.9 inch (outside)/2.9 inch (central opening)), ID: 3043542 - 2/5 Shell ring "erenge" or "bakiha", Solomon Islands, Rubiana Lagoon, Size: D: 12,5 cm (outside)/7,4 cm (central opening) (D: 4.9 inch (outside)/2.9 inch (central opening)), ID: 3043542 - 3/5 Shell ring "erenge" or "bakiha", Solomon Islands, Rubiana Lagoon, Size: D: 12,5 cm (outside)/7,4 cm (central opening) (D: 4.9 inch (outside)/2.9 inch (central opening)), ID: 3043542 - 4/5 Shell ring "erenge" or "bakiha", Solomon Islands, Rubiana Lagoon, Size: D: 12,5 cm (outside)/7,4 cm (central opening) (D: 4.9 inch (outside)/2.9 inch (central opening)), ID: 3043542 - 5/5
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Lot 47
88th Tribal Art Auction

Shell ring "erenge" or "bakiha" ·  Solomon Islands, Rubiana Lagoon · ID: 3043542

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Provenance
Stanley Gordon Moriarty (1906-1978), Australia
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Size
D: 12,5 cm (outside)/7,4 cm (central opening)
D: 4.9 inch (outside)/2.9 inch (central opening)

Description

inscribed: “Solomon Is Native Clam Shell Currency. Made From The Giant Clam Shell. Used For Purchase of Wives, Pigs, Canoes, Etc.”- Rubiana Lagoon - M 2057", additionally old collection label: “Moriarty Collection M-2057 1976 02 - Tridacna Shell Ring Rubiana Lagoon Solomon Islands” on reverse, minor missing parts, old age patina, base

Comparing literature

Conru, Kevin, Solomon Islands Art, Milan 2008, p. 68, ill. 32

Oceania

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