Shell ring "erenge" or "bakiha" · Solomon Islands, Rubiana Lagoon · ID: 3043542
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Provenance
Stanley Gordon Moriarty (1906-1978), AustraliaMark 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
The object Shell ring “erenge” or “bakiha” with the object ID 3043542 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 47.
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Comparing literature
Conru, Kevin, Solomon Islands Art, Milan 2008, p. 68, ill. 32