Solomon Islands shells currency bands Melanesia including a pectoral with woven and dyed red fibre

Solomon Islands shells currency bands

Melanesia

including a pectoral with woven and dyed red fibre, 8cm diameter, another with remains of applied fibre, six other rings, 11cm - 8cm diameter, six shell armbands, 10cm - 6.5cm diameter, a circular pendant, of slightly domed form with a pierced centre, 7.2cm diameter and a shell oblong implement, 11.3cm long. (16)

Provenance

Wilfred Fowler, District Officer on Ysabel (Santa Isabel), Solomon Islands in 1929 - 1931 and author of This Island's Mine, 1959, an autobiographical account of his time on the island.