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Clamshell ring necklace
(20th century)

Medium
clam shell, bush seed, wild bananas seed, fibre string

Measurements
46.1 × 17.0 × 2.4 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Louise and Sam Dawson, 2008
© the artists

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Tufi District, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea

Accession Number
2008.299

Department
Pacific Art

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Physical description
A very fine necklace of black bush seeds and fragments from shells with a ring fashioned from a giant clam shell finished with four seed and shell tassels.