Papua New Guinean Woven Necklace
Product ID: A2300-075
$1,695.00
About this piece
A collar of shell discs, strung close and layered with care.
Makers in Papua New Guinea wove this necklace in hemp and shell. Shell ornaments are commonly worn across Papua New Guinea as personal adornment and as markers of wealth and status. A broad woven band of hemp supports rows of small shell discs, overlapping like scales along both sides and swelling toward the front. A looped fiber closure sits at the top. The fiber has darkened to a deep brown and the shells are cream with golden edges.
About 22 inches long. It lies in a loose oval on the table and demands a wall.
