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Two arm cuffs - Solomon Islands - Malaita
Two arm cuffs - Solomon Islands - Malaita
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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.
L: 15/16 cm; B: ca. 8 cm, L: 15/6,3 inch; B: ca. 3,1 inch
Provenance:
Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany
Lit.: Conru, Kevin, Solomon Islands Art, Milan 2008, ill. 118 a-b
Continent: Oceania
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Two arm cuffs - Solomon Islands - Malaita

Estimate €800 - €1,500
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