Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17th September 2025
Lot 85
λA collection of Papua New Guinea shell necklaces and bracelets
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £279
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Description
λA collection of Papua New Guinea shell necklaces and bracelets
Trobriand Islands and Sepik River
worked on natural fibre, five with coloured glass beads and three with additional seeds and plastic discs, and a crescent shaped kina chest ornament, 17.5cm wide, and a marker, 33cm long. (14)
Provenance
Mary-Clare Adam, anthropologist, Honorary Consul of the Solomon Islands in Israel.