Tribal Art and Ethnographica Catalogue


Object Type: Shell Objects (3 Items)

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Item Code: t4365
Description: A fragment from a very old Solomons grave ornament, barava, fashioned from fossilized shell.
Openwork form, the design showing a partial sequence of figures.
Ornaments of this type were ritually broken on the death of a chief.
Origin: Choiseul, Solomon Islands
Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 cm
Price: AUD $750.00 USD $525.00 EUR €397.50
Status: Available
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Item Code: t4366
Description: A fragment from a very old Solomons grave ornament, barava, fashioned from fossilized shell.
Openwork form, the design showing one complete human figure.
Ornaments of this type were ritually broken on the death of a chief.
Origin: Choiseul, Solomon Islands
Dimensions: 13 x 8.3 cm
Price: AUD $650.00 USD $455.00 EUR €344.50
Status: Available
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Item Code: t2434
Description: An old and rare Murik Lakes coif ornament; woven cane with shell decoration.
Ex Paulian Missionary Society.
Origin: Murik Lakes region, New Guinea.
Dimensions: Diameter: 7.5 cm
Price: AUD $300.00 USD $210.00 EUR €159.00
Status: Available