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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  The Todd Barlin Collection
• Sale Date:
  17 Aug 2015 ~ 6pm
• Lot #:
  1
• Lot Description:
  Three Old Shell Money Wealth Items, Solomon Islands
  Malaita Island, 19th Century or very early 20th Century; a multi strand shell money chest bandolier (torisusu), together with a seven strand shell money belt (Fo'o ába), and a very fine shell money wealth item called Barafe" it has 5 loops coils of tiny fine shell rings.
  68cm, 90cm, Dia. 25cm (3)
• Provenance:
  BL Hornshaw Collection (1878-1937) Hornshaw was an avid collector of Pacific and Australian Aboriginal artefacts, he received many of his pieces from people who lived and worked in the Pacific in the late 19th Century"
• Estimate:
  A$400 - 600
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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