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: E4522

: World Cultures

: Personal Ornament

: Turtleshell ear ornament. Shell is pierced to make two conjoined rings and triangular hole in between at the base of these ring shapes of the shell. This worked shell piece is attached to a flat thin and long rectangular strip. From this strip hangs six short strings of beads (grey) and fibre tassels.

: Solomon Islands, Oceania / Melanesia, Pacific

: Santa Cruz

: Solomon Islands, Oceania / Melanesia, Pacific

: Santa Cruz

: [Article] Graebner, Fritz. 1909. Volkerkunde der Santa Cruz Inseln. Ethnologica. I