拍品 513
513
a fine Marshall Islands shell ornament
a fine Marshall Islands shell ornament

细节
a fine Marshall Islands shell ornament
Composed of two rows of small Strombus shells pierced and attached with finely-bound pandanus leaf, with plaited ties
44cm. long
来源
Dr. A. Krmer, Linden Museum, Stuttgart, no. 5153

拍品专文

Cf. another, similar, in the Linden Museum, Stuttgart (Heermann, I., and Menter, U. Schmuck der Sdsee, Munich, 1990, p.130, fig.77.8). Adrienne Kaeppler (Artificial Curiosities, Honolulu, 1978, p.210, no.195, fig.422) illustrates a similar shell length, described as a leg ornament, collected by Captain Cook and now in Vienna.