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Lot 354 Dα

MALAITA SHELL ORNAMENT

Auction 1103 - overview Brussels
31.01.2018, 14:00 - Art of Africa, the Pacific and the Americas
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Result: 744 € (incl. premium)

MALAITA SHELL ORNAMENT
Solomon Islands

7.5 cm. wide

Cf. Burt, B., "Body Ornaments of Malaita, Solomon Islands", Honolulu, 2009, p.106, fig.121. The author states that such larger discs with fish shoal design are called sa’ela’o doe and were worn by women at the neck.

Provenance

Colette Ghysels, Brussels
Property from a Belgian private collection