Antiquities, Pre-Columbian & Tribal Art - 10th February 2015
Lot 617
‡ A group of Solomon Islands artifacts - A carved shell nose ornament
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Description
‡ A group of Solomon Islands artifacts -
A carved shell nose ornament, 'shoal-of-fish' design, 6.6cm wide;
A turtleshell nose ornament, 5.3cm wide and two turtleshell ear ornaments;
A money shell disc necklace and loose pieces;
A coconut drinking bowl, with serrated rim and suspension piercing, 12.7cm diameter;
Five fish hooks; four in mother of pearl delicately carved as fish with black dot inlay, the fifth in turtleshell with bound coral, the largest 2.5cm long, contained in a Bryant & Mays Wax Vestas tin, with handwritten label 'San Cristval, Solomon Is. "Teleo".' (13)