4062

Nine Feet Long Shell Bead Strands!

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Nine Feet Long Shell Bead Strands!
SOLD
300.00USD+ buyer's premium (60.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 12 @ 10:43UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
Lot: 4062
Header:
Title: Nine Feet Long Shell Bead Strands!
Description: Batafulu is similar to bani'au, but with ten strands of shell beads, and each strand is an impressive nine feet long instead of the standard fathom. Rare; very few were made, and only on Auki Island, Solomon Islands. See Opitz, p. 37; pictured in the NNP edition, https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/541824?page=53, lower left.
Low Estimate: 700
High Estimate: 2000
Pedigree Collection: Munan, Beads of Borneo, 2005, p. 74.