Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2023

Lot 1705

λA Solomon Islands kap kap ornament

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £600

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Description

λA Solomon Islands kap kap ornament
Melanesia
shell and turtleshell, worked triangles, lines and four frigate birds, mounted on two discs, and with a shell band,
11cm diameter. (2)

Provenance
David Moore Barlow, collected in the Solomon Islands, circa 1933.