λTwo Solomon Islands pendants Melanesia shell

λTwo Solomon Islands pendants

Melanesia

shell, of crescent form, one with a frigate bird head terminal, the other inscribed Supaina Malaita, both with a rectangular turtleshell tablet, pierced and with fibre attachments,

17.5cm and 16cm wide, on stands. (4)

Provenance

Robert A Lever. Collected working as a government scientist specialising in coral reefs between 1931 and 1936.

Woolley and Wallis, Tribal Art, 19th June 2014, lot 1587.