Two arm cuffs · Solomon Islands - Malaita · ID: 3040065
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, GermanySize
L: 15/16 cm
B: ca. 8 cm
L: 15/6.3 inch
B: ca. 3.1 inch
Description
shell discs (white, black and red), thread on plant fibre, forming clan-specific geometrical patterns, plaited strings on both sides for attachment;
arm cuffs have been worn by men and women. Like all work of shell discs they were used as currency as well.
The object Two arm cuffs with the object ID 3040065 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 78 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.
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Comparing literature
Conru, Kevin, Solomon Islands Art, Milan 2008, ill. 118 a-b