NECKLACE
MARSHALL ISLANDS
£1,000
African & Oceanic Art, Antiquities and Natural History
Auction: 5 May 2020 at 12:00 BST
Description
coral and fibre, composed of three rows of disc shaped coral pearls, with an old label reading "Coral necklace worn by chiefs Tier over Tier According to rank. Marshall Group."
Dimensions
24cm long
Footnote
Provenance:
Lt. Gen. A.H.L.F. Pitt Rivers, Farnham, Dorset
Christie's London, 23 June 1992, lot 187
Christie's Paris, 4th December 2008, lot 71