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Important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art - 14 October 2009  |  Melbourne

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Lot 87
Artefacts And Carvings
Western Australia
AN EARLY ENGRAVED PEARL SHELL PENDANT

Riji and Jakoli, incised with traditional designs, attached to a dyed string belt

11.0 cm length


Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,000


Lot Details

Description
Artefacts And Carvings
Western Australia
AN EARLY ENGRAVED PEARL SHELL PENDANT

Riji and Jakoli, incised with traditional designs, attached to a dyed string belt

11.0 cm length

Provenance

Private collection, Melbourne

Related works

Another example of an early pearl shell pendant is held in the collection of Museum Victoria, Melbourne. Collected by William C. Gosse during his nineteenth century explorations of central and western Australia. Ref. Tindale N., & George, B., The Australian Aborigines, Lloyd O'Neil Books, 1979, p. 15