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OTHER PROPERTIES
484. A Papua New Guinea shell currency with a cowrie shell bound band and a convex shell with beads and animal teeth, 15cm wide, on a stand. (2) £300-400
487. A Papua New Guinea shell currency, kina mother of pearl of crescent shape with a woven dyed fibre band with cowrie shells and fur, 17cm wide. £250-350
485. A Papua New Guinea chest ornament tusks, shells and fibre, 26cm high, on a stand. (2) £300-400
486. A Papua New Guinea chest ornament shells, boar tusks, fibre, feathers and a seed, 51cm high, on a stand. (2) £120-150
488. A Papua New Guinea shell and boar’s tusk currency with fibre binding, 11cm wide, and four boar’s tusks. (5) £150-250
489. A Santa Cruz shell spoon Solomon Islands, Melanesia with three crescent notches to one end, with a handwritten label Native Spoon Santa Cruz Islands 1899, 15cm long, another larger shell implement with three serrated edges, 17cm long, on a stand and a shell currency bangle. (4) £150-200
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