- Group of Three Papua New Guinea Adornments,
20th century including large shell pendent necklace, figural woven fiber and shell necklace, shell and fiber nose ornament and a small billum bag
shell length 7.75 in —...
[more like this] - A LOT OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA NUT, SHELL,
BEAD AND WARTHOG NECKLACES AND BRACELETS A lot of Papua New Guinea nut, shell, bead and warthog necklaces and bracelets...
[more like this] - PAPUA NEW GUINEA MENDI BAILER SHELL
NECKLACE Mendi People of Papua New Guinea Highlands bailer shell pectoral necklace ornament having braided rope strand, raised on metal stand. Overall: 12.5" H; shell: 10.5"...
[more like this] - PAPUA NEW GUINEA MENDI BAILER SHELL
NECKLACE Mendi People of Papua New Guinea Highlands bailer shell pectoral necklace ornament having braided rope strand, raised on metal stand. Overall: 10.75" H; shell: 9.75"...
[more like this] - PAPUA NEW GUINEA SHELL NECKLACE Papua
New Guinea necklace featuring open cut shells and red seed beads woven onto a jute back-piece, raised on metal stand. Overall: 15" H; necklace: 11.5" H x 12.75" W. Provenance:...
[more like this] - GROUP PAPUA NEW GUINEA ETHNIC JEWELRY
ITEMScomprising four boar's tooth/tusk necklaces and one pendant made of tusk, seeds and shells. Largest: 5" diameter, 14" long. Use wear, pendant with one detached but present...
[more like this] - TRAY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA JEWELRYCord
necklace pieces with tambu shells. Tridacna clamshell circular shell money. Cowrie shell bracelets.
Date: 1936 or earlier
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection...
[more like this] - CORD NECKLACE WITH SHELLSCord necklace
(4 sets of twisted cord) with tambu shells, probably worn on the arm. Includes original tag labeled "single tambu rope ...armpit" and "made by women, worn by both"
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[more like this] - STRING OF SHELL MONEYSet of 5 shell
money strings of various lengths and widths.
Louis Pierre Ledoux, in his chapter on Trade page 12 (lot 108 box I), explains about dogs' teeth and shell necklaces: "Necklaces...
[more like this] - DOGS' TEETH NECKLACESet of three dogs'
teeth necklaces.
Louis Pierre Ledoux, in his chapter on Trade page 12 (lot 108 box I), explains about dogs' teeth and shell necklaces: "Necklaces of dogs' teeth were equivalent,...
[more like this] - DOGS' TEETH NECKLACESet of two dogs'
teeth necklaces.
Louis Pierre Ledoux, in his chapter on Trade page 12 (lot 108 box I), explains about dogs' teeth and shell necklaces: "Necklaces of dogs' teeth were equivalent,...
[more like this] - STRING OF SHELL MONEYString of Nassa
shell money.
Louis Pierre Ledoux, in his chapter on Trade page 12 (lot 108 box I), explains about dogs' teeth and shell necklaces: "Necklaces of dogs' teeth were equivalent,...
[more like this] - PAPUA NEW GUINEA KINA SHELL ADORNMENTPapua
New Guinea kina shell adornment, 7 1/4" w., together with a shell necklace, 16" l. and a shell necklace fragment. Provenance: The collection of Ambassador Mary Olmsted, Envoy...
[more like this] - OCEANIC LARGE CARVED WOOD FIGURAL GROUP
SCULPTURE Oceania, Papua New Guinea, large hand-carved wooden sculpture depicting a family of three figures, one adult male wearing a shell necklace with crescent-form mother-of-pearl...
[more like this] - THREE PAPUA NEW GUINEA HIGHLANDS NECKLACES
Three Papua New Guinea Highlands necklaces, comprising a woven mask pectoral with a sawfish bill and cowrie shells on a woven cord, approx. drop 15"; a carved and painted...
[more like this] - PAPUA NEW GUINEA BAILER SHELL PECTORAL
NECKLACE Papua New Guinea Highlands bailer shell pectoral necklace, centering a large bailer shell with a row of cowrie shells sewn into the plaited fiber necklace. Note:...
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