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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Timed Online Auction | The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic and Asian Art | Day I
• Sale Date:
  08 Aug 2022 ~ 6pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  9176
• Lot Description:
  Five Fine Antique Solomon Islands Shell Wealth Ornaments
  Including: A Pair of tiny Shell Money Discs Arm Bands in Red White & Black & a matching Shell Money Belt, Malaita Island Solomons 19th to Early 20th Century; A Superb Shell Money & Cowrie Shell Necklace with a photo of the owner in the village that I took at Lau Lagoon Area Malaita Island 1985. The owner was a very kind man who invited me to stay in his home; a Fine Old Shell Money Necklace called Barafe made of tiny Shell Money Discs each individually mounted on bamboo cane (five strands tied together).
  L 23 - 67 cm
• Provenance:
  The Todd Barlin Collection of Oceanic Art
• Notes:
  These are all important types of traditional Wealth that families owned and used for bridal payments or other types of traditional payments, the tiny Shell Discs take hundreds of hours to make.
• Estimate:
  A$300 - 500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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