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Lot 5713 Session 18 (2.30pm Friday) Antiquities
Estimate $50
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NEW GUINEA, important shell ring called Mwali or Toea (PNG one cent coin denomination is named after these items); from the Trobriand Islands where it is used in the Kula Trade Cycle, 65mm diameter, cut conus shell with attached decorations of shells, banana seed pods, banana leaf and glass seed beads, (Quiggin p.120). Extremely fine.
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