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.
Comparing literature
Conru, Kevin, Solomon Islands Art, Milan 2008, ill. 118 a-b