Lot 288 D‡α

SOLOMON ISLANDS ORNAMENT

Cf. Burt, B., "Body Ornaments of Malaita, Solomon Islands", Honolulu, 2009, p.83, fig.43. The author states that on Malaita such ornaments are called "barulifai’a" or ‘fish-teeth cluster’. Worn around the brow or neck of both men and women they were also
43 cm. long