Kapkap with a beautifully openwork tortoiseshell ornament de - Lot 221

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Kapkap with a beautifully openwork tortoiseshell ornament de - Lot 221
Kapkap with a beautifully openwork tortoiseshell ornament depicting four figures with raised arms within a circle of geometric motifs. The string is adorned with shell and glass beads on both the front and back of the ornament. Solomon Islands, Melanesia. Stoup shell*, tortoise shell**, spondylus shell *** and string. 19th/20th century 11 cm. diameter. Provenance: Suzanne Bastien, Port Vila, in the 1960s. Private collection, Paris * Tridacne giga: UICN Vu, A2cd. CITES Annex II ** Hawksbill turtle: Eretmochelys imbricata: IUCN status: CR A2bd. CITES Annex I *** Spondylidae: IUCN status : LC (least concern).
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