Two arm cuffs ·  Îles Salomon - Malaita · ID: 3040065

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.

Littérature comparée

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