ETHNOGRAPHIC: SOLOMON ISLANDS: Santa Isabel, bakhia necklace (302g), Opitz p.29, breast or

ETHNOGRAPHIC: SOLOMON ISLANDS: Santa Isabel, bakhia necklace (302g), Opitz p.29, breast ornament consisting of a shell ring (94mm) made from a tridacn

Sold for $220

Auction: Stephen Album Auction 41 · Stephen Album Rare Coins · 2021-09-16 · Estimate: $ 250.00 - $ 350.00

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• ETHNOGRAPHIC: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: toea arm shell ring (75.14g), Opitz p.233 (Mwali), consisting of a large conus · sold $130
• ETHNOGRAPHIC: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Trobriand Islands, doga necklace (145g), Opitz p.133 & p.189 (Kula ring), ca. · sold $140
• ETHNOGRAPHIC: RWANDA: pound beads (76.91g), Opitz p.60, ca. 61cm long, made from tens of thousands of black, w · sold $120
• ETHNOGRAPHIC: SOLOMON ISLANDS: LOT of 8 strings of various shell money from the Solomon Islands and New Irelan · sold $220
• ETHNOGRAPHIC: SOLOMON ISLANDS: Malaita, human teeth necklace, Opitz p.160 (plate example), containing 38 teeth
• ETHNOGRAPHIC: SOLOMON ISLANDS: porpoise teeth necklace, Opitz p.264, containing 142 teeth, used throughout the · sold $90
• ETHNOGRAPHIC: THAILAND: AR bracelet (150g), Opitz p.284 (plate example), 75mm at the widest, clasped ends-type · sold $170
• ETHNOGRAPHIC: THAILAND: AR neck ring (262g), Opitz p.284, 157mm at the widest, made from a solid silver bar fa · sold $280
• ETHNOGRAPHIC: TIBET: prayer beads (135g), Opitz p.61, Dubin p.78-81, likely 19th century or earlier, ca. 63cm, · sold $550
• ACHAIA: Achaian League, Aigion, AR triobol/hemidrachm (2.19g), ca. 86 BC, HGC-5/29, BCD Peloponnesos 429, laur · sold $95
• AETOLIA: Aetolian League, AR hemidrachm (2.24g), 211-195 BC, SNG Copenhagen 14, BCD-473, head of Aetolia right · sold $130
• ATTICA: Athens, AE21 (6.36g), 264-267 AD, BMC-682, helmeted bust of Athena right // Athena standing facing, he · sold $130