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• Auction House:
  Shapiro Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Fine Furniture, Paintings, Silver, Decorative & Asian Arts
• Sale Date:
  09 Feb 2016 ~ 6pm
• Lot #:
  113
• Lot Description:
  Giant Clam Shell Bracelet, 'Bakiha', c. 1930
  made from the upper, whiter sections of fossilized Tridacna squamosal shells
• Provenance:
  Collected from a village on Gizo Island in the Western District of the Solomon Islands, c. 1975
• Notes:
  Also known as 'poata keoro' or 'bakiha keoro', these shell rings circulated throughout the western Solomon Islands as a general-purpose currency. They were used in barter for material goods and for the purchase of magic and other ritual knowledge.
• Estimate:
  A$500 - 700
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Tribal

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