Lot 244 Dα

Cf. Clunie, F., "Yalo I Viti", Suva, 1986, p.60, fig.103. The author states that red or pink "Spondylus" shells were a favourite ornament of chiefly men and women throughout Fiji, being worn as pendants at the base of the throat. During the 1800s their strings were usually studded with tiny white glass trade beads.