Solomon Islands Shell Disk Armband, 'Abagwaro

Description:

Solomon Islands Shell Disk Armband, 'Abagwaro, northern Malaita, 19th century, white and red shell disks with black coconut beads strung on fiber band, 7 x 3 1/4 in.

Provenance: Cranmore Ethnographical Museum, Chislehurst, United Kingdom; Beasley collection, United Kingdom, no. 2799.
Estimate $800-1,200


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