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Etched Shell Pendant with Frigate Birds

Malaita (?), Solomon Islands, d. 19th c.

Etched shell

2-1/8” d (5.40 cm)

SOLD

 
 

A simple but exceedingly elegant pendant. Cf. Christie’s (1999, lot 472).

REFERENCES

Important Oceanic Art from the Collection of Mrs. Nelly Van den Abbeele, Monday

6 December 1999, Christie’s (Amsterdam).

“Ornament.” The British Museum. Accessed August 1, 2020. https://www.british

museum.org/collection/object/E_Oc1929-0713-60.

 
 
 
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SOLD