4142

Sharks for Head, Hands, and Feet!

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Sharks for Head, Hands, and Feet!
SOLD
300.00USD+ buyer's premium (60.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 12 @ 11:33UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
Lot: 4142
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Title: Sharks for Head, Hands, and Feet!
Description: The southern Solomon Islands used clamshell disks incised with fantastic images—highlighted by a black or dark blue filler—as a kind of money. One type in this lot depicts a humanoid with sharks for head, hands, and feet (augmented by a string of black, white, and brown shell beads); it is illustrated in Opitz, p. 302, center. A second example has double sharklike faces above a bird.
Low Estimate: 600
High Estimate: 1400
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