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Fine pearl shell pendant, Kimberley Region, Western Australia,…
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Sydney
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7-Nov-2021
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Fine pearl shell pendant, Kimberley Region, Western Australia, carved and engraved pearl shell, in-filled with red ochre (no custom stand) These beautiful Kimberley pearlshell pendants are usually incised with intricate patterns on their convex surface. The patterns represent mythological themes associated with rain. The pendants are highly valued as objects of exchange and are traded many hundreds of miles from the Kimberleys into Central Australia. Length 16.5 x 13 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Queensland Deutscher and Hackett, important Aboriginal + Oceanic Art, 14 October 2009, lot 84. Private collection, Queensland
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Tribal: Aboriginal - Artefacts