GROUP OF MARSHALL ISLAND NECKLACES

Ca. late 19th - early 20th century AD. > A group comprising three necklaces, each strung with shell discs or coral beads on fibre cord, including one of large graduated white shell discs, and two of smaller brown and mixed-tone elements. The materials and forms are characteristic of traditional adornment from the Marshall Islands, where shell jewellery functioned both decoratively and as indicators of status and exchange value. > > Size: 380-320mm x 10-15mm; Weight: 110g > Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Udo Hortsman. > >

Estimate:£400

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