African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 8th June 2021

Lot 99

A Solomon Islands shell currency bakiha

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £400

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Description

A Solomon Islands shell currency bakiha

Melanesia

tridacna shell, the a typed label Rubiana Lagoon Solomon Isles, 1895,

17.3cm wide, on a stand. (2)

Provenance

Collected from Rubiana Logoon in 1895.

Barbara Harding, London.

Oliver Hoare, London.