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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Marc & Elena Pinto Collection
• Sale Date:
  20 May 2015 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  46
• Lot Description:
  A Pearl Shell Pendant with String Belt (Riji Jakoli)
  Western Australia (mid twentieth century)
  carved pearl shell, string and natural earth pigments
  60 cm high (16 cm high shell only)
• Provenance:
  Private Collection, Alice Springs (1975); Private Collection, Queensland; The Marc and Elena Pinto Collection, Perth
• References:
  For related examples see Kim Akerman with John Stanton, Kimberley pearl shell in Aboriginal Australia, Northern Territory of Museum of Arts and Science, Darwin, 1994
• Notes:
  This shell was collected in Alice Springs through direct contact with Western Desert Aborigines. Carved pearl shells often made their way to Central Australia by means of trade from Western Australia.
• Estimate:
  A$2,500 - 3,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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