4147

Very Rare Guadalcanal Money Shield

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Very Rare Guadalcanal Money Shield
Lot: 4147
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Title: Very Rare Guadalcanal Money Shield
Description: Very old Guadalcanal rattan shield with rounded ends; Solomon Islands ethnology expert Dr. Deborah Waite studied it and concluded that it is the tako type collected between 1850 and 1880, because of its almost parallel vertical sides and rounded top and bottom. This is the type depicted in Quiggin, Pl. 8. Ling Roth wrote in 1908 that a single shield could purchase a wife (Quiggin, p. 133). See Opitz, pp. 303-06. Very rare.
Low Estimate: 3000
High Estimate: 10000
Pedigree Collection: Ex Jess Peters stock, Retail List No. 1 (?)